via Sun Times: Restaurant and concessions workers at O’Hare Airport are warning holiday travelers that their trips could be affected by a possible strike for more affordable health insurance and higher wages…
via Chicago Sun Times: Restaurant and concessions workers at O’Hare Airport voted on Thursday to authorize a strike for more affordable health insurance and higher wages….
via Chicago Tribune: Workers at O’Hare International Airport’s restaurants, bars and coffee shops voted Thursday to strike in an effort to secure higher wages and more affordable health insurance…
http://www.unitehere1.org/wp-content/uploads/local1logo.png00Noah Carson Nelsonhttp://www.unitehere1.org/wp-content/uploads/local1logo.pngNoah Carson Nelson2017-12-15 13:17:032017-12-15 13:17:03(Press) O’Hare restaurant workers vote to strike, but timing of a walkout is unclear
via LA Times: Workers at restaurants, bars and coffee shops at O’Hare International Airport have voted to authorize a strike amid ongoing contract negotiations…
via FOX 32: Chicago hotel employees are taking a stand against sexual harassment and indecent exposures by guests. A new law has passed to better protect staff including giving them access to panic buttons.
http://www.unitehere1.org/wp-content/uploads/local1logo.png00Noah Carson Nelsonhttp://www.unitehere1.org/wp-content/uploads/local1logo.pngNoah Carson Nelson2017-11-16 16:48:532017-11-16 16:48:53(Press – Video) Chicago hotel workers will have access to panic buttons under new ordinance
via CBS Chicago: As more allegations of powerful men sexually abusing and harassing women come out, the union representing thousands of Chicago hotel workers is celebrating a new ordinance it says will protect them. Unite Here Local 1 plans to host a celebration at 9 a.m. Tuesday marking the passage last month of what they refer […]
via The Chicago Tribune: Late last week, author and all-around national treasure Barbara Ehrenreich tweeted, “Our current sex harassment discussion is woefully class-skewed. Too much about actresses and not enough about hotel housekeepers.” Tuesday morning, a group of union leaders, legislators and hotel workers gathered at Chicago’s City Hall to celebrate a newly enacted “Hands Off Pants […]
http://www.unitehere1.org/wp-content/uploads/local1logo.png00Noah Carson Nelsonhttp://www.unitehere1.org/wp-content/uploads/local1logo.pngNoah Carson Nelson2017-11-16 16:45:392017-11-16 16:47:25(Press) Chicago moves to make hotels ‘No Harvey’ zones for housekeepers
via Chicago Sun-Times: The ordinance is championed by Rules Committee Chairwoman Michelle Harris (8th) and embraced by Unite Here Local 1 to end what a union leader has called the “sisterhood of silence.” It would require hotels to provide employees working alone with portable panic buttons — akin to a Medic-Alert worn by senior citizens […]
(Press) O’Hare restaurant workers warn holiday travelers of possible strike
via Sun Times: Restaurant and concessions workers at O’Hare Airport are warning holiday travelers that their trips could be affected by a possible strike for more affordable health insurance and higher wages…
(Press) O’Hare restaurant workers vote to authorize strike
via Chicago Sun Times: Restaurant and concessions workers at O’Hare Airport voted on Thursday to authorize a strike for more affordable health insurance and higher wages….
(Press) O’Hare restaurant workers vote to strike, but timing of a walkout is unclear
via Chicago Tribune: Workers at O’Hare International Airport’s restaurants, bars and coffee shops voted Thursday to strike in an effort to secure higher wages and more affordable health insurance…
(Press) O’Hare airport restaurant workers vote to authorize strike
via LA Times: Workers at restaurants, bars and coffee shops at O’Hare International Airport have voted to authorize a strike amid ongoing contract negotiations…
(Press – Video) Chicago hotel workers will have access to panic buttons under new ordinance
via FOX 32: Chicago hotel employees are taking a stand against sexual harassment and indecent exposures by guests. A new law has passed to better protect staff including giving them access to panic buttons.
(Press) Hotel Workers Union Celebrates Anti-Harassment Ordinance
via CBS Chicago: As more allegations of powerful men sexually abusing and harassing women come out, the union representing thousands of Chicago hotel workers is celebrating a new ordinance it says will protect them. Unite Here Local 1 plans to host a celebration at 9 a.m. Tuesday marking the passage last month of what they refer […]
(Press) Chicago moves to make hotels ‘No Harvey’ zones for housekeepers
via The Chicago Tribune: Late last week, author and all-around national treasure Barbara Ehrenreich tweeted, “Our current sex harassment discussion is woefully class-skewed. Too much about actresses and not enough about hotel housekeepers.” Tuesday morning, a group of union leaders, legislators and hotel workers gathered at Chicago’s City Hall to celebrate a newly enacted “Hands Off Pants […]
(Press) Aldermen approve proposal to protect sexually harassed hotel staff
via Chicago Sun-Times: The ordinance is championed by Rules Committee Chairwoman Michelle Harris (8th) and embraced by Unite Here Local 1 to end what a union leader has called the “sisterhood of silence.” It would require hotels to provide employees working alone with portable panic buttons — akin to a Medic-Alert worn by senior citizens […]