via Chicago Tribune: Chicago hotels would be required to provide portable “panic buttons” to workers like housecleaners who venture alone into guests’ rooms, under a plan aldermen advanced Monday. Hotels also would need to post sexual harassment policies and promise workers would not face retribution if they reported sexual harassment or assault by guests. Employees would…
http://www.unitehere1.org/wp-content/uploads/local1logo.png00Noah Carson Nelsonhttp://www.unitehere1.org/wp-content/uploads/local1logo.pngNoah Carson Nelson2017-10-06 13:54:092017-10-06 13:54:34(Press) Chicago hotels would have to give workers ‘panic buttons’ under plan aldermen advance
via NPR: A survey of hundreds of women working in hotels and casinos indicates widespread instances of assault by male guests. A union is pushing for legislation targeting sexual harassment on the job. (Audio Story)
http://www.unitehere1.org/wp-content/uploads/local1logo.png00Noah Carson Nelsonhttp://www.unitehere1.org/wp-content/uploads/local1logo.pngNoah Carson Nelson2016-10-28 14:12:392017-06-13 09:59:59(Press) Union Publicizes Sexual Harassment In Chicago’s Hospitality Industry
via CBS Chicago: The survey found that the industries with the highest levels of harassment are hospitality and food service. “A national survey says 1 in 3 women are sexually harassed at work. Who here thinks that’s kind of low? We wanted to know about women’s experiences working in Chicago’s hotels and casinos. What we […]
via Crain’s Chicago Business: Union workers at McCormick Place aren’t too happy with the new name that the agency that runs the convention center campus is trying to give its neighborhood. That was the message delivered today by Unite Here Local 1 President Karen Kent at an annual convention of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition in […]
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via Progress Illinois: UNITE HERE says a Chicago official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should be fired over an immigration audit at a unionized meat packing plant in Mundelein. The recent audit at the Ruprecht Company by ICE has led to eight arrests and 36 firings or resignations, according to UNITE HERE, which represents workers at […]
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A Premier Food Service Company at McCormick Place IMMEDIATE Openings For: Banquet Servers Bartenders Barporters Date: Thursday, April 16th Time: 9am-2pm Location: 270◦ Restaurant (West Building) McCormick Place Convention Center 2301 S. Indiana Drive Chicago, Illinois 60616 Bring copies of your resume ~ Interviews on the spot UNITE HERE Local […]
A Premier Food Service Company at McCormick Place IMMEDIATE Openings For Cooks Stewards Restaurant Staff Date: Friday, April 17th Time: 9am-2pm Location: 270◦ Restaurant (West Building) McCormick Place Convention Center 2301 S. Indiana Drive Chicago, Illinois 60616 Bring copies of your resume ~ Interviews on the spot UNITE HERE Local […]
After calling on their employer for a fair process to organize a union, workers at Kimpton’s Hotel Monaco & Hotel Burnham in Chicago continue to mobilize, and fight for respect. More information: http://www.unitehere1.org/?p=3418 Después de llamar a su empleador por un proceso justo de organizar la unión, los trabajadores del Hotel Monaco & Hotel Burnham […]
(Press) Chicago hotels would have to give workers ‘panic buttons’ under plan aldermen advance
via Chicago Tribune: Chicago hotels would be required to provide portable “panic buttons” to workers like housecleaners who venture alone into guests’ rooms, under a plan aldermen advanced Monday. Hotels also would need to post sexual harassment policies and promise workers would not face retribution if they reported sexual harassment or assault by guests. Employees would…
(Press) Union Publicizes Sexual Harassment In Chicago’s Hospitality Industry
via NPR: A survey of hundreds of women working in hotels and casinos indicates widespread instances of assault by male guests. A union is pushing for legislation targeting sexual harassment on the job. (Audio Story)
(Press) Chicago-Area Sexual Harassment Survey Reveals Disturbing Numbers
via CBS Chicago: The survey found that the industries with the highest levels of harassment are hospitality and food service. “A national survey says 1 in 3 women are sexually harassed at work. Who here thinks that’s kind of low? We wanted to know about women’s experiences working in Chicago’s hotels and casinos. What we […]
(Press) Unite Here blasts McPier over McCormick Square name
via Crain’s Chicago Business: Union workers at McCormick Place aren’t too happy with the new name that the agency that runs the convention center campus is trying to give its neighborhood. That was the message delivered today by Unite Here Local 1 President Karen Kent at an annual convention of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition in […]
(Press) Union Calls For Firing Of ICE Official Over Mundelein Meatpacking Plant Audit
via Progress Illinois: UNITE HERE says a Chicago official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should be fired over an immigration audit at a unionized meat packing plant in Mundelein. The recent audit at the Ruprecht Company by ICE has led to eight arrests and 36 firings or resignations, according to UNITE HERE, which represents workers at […]
Job Fair: Savor Chicago
A Premier Food Service Company at McCormick Place IMMEDIATE Openings For: Banquet Servers Bartenders Barporters Date: Thursday, April 16th Time: 9am-2pm Location: 270◦ Restaurant (West Building) McCormick Place Convention Center 2301 S. Indiana Drive Chicago, Illinois 60616 Bring copies of your resume ~ Interviews on the spot UNITE HERE Local […]
Job Fair: Savor Chicago
A Premier Food Service Company at McCormick Place IMMEDIATE Openings For Cooks Stewards Restaurant Staff Date: Friday, April 17th Time: 9am-2pm Location: 270◦ Restaurant (West Building) McCormick Place Convention Center 2301 S. Indiana Drive Chicago, Illinois 60616 Bring copies of your resume ~ Interviews on the spot UNITE HERE Local […]
La Lucha Sigue: The Monaco & Burnham Hotel Fight Continues (VIDEO)
After calling on their employer for a fair process to organize a union, workers at Kimpton’s Hotel Monaco & Hotel Burnham in Chicago continue to mobilize, and fight for respect. More information: http://www.unitehere1.org/?p=3418 Después de llamar a su empleador por un proceso justo de organizar la unión, los trabajadores del Hotel Monaco & Hotel Burnham […]