A group of approximately 20 demonstrators Wednesday protested the potential sale of all or some of the Tribune Company to the Koch brothers, Charles, 77, and David, 72, the billionaire industrialists and supporters of conservative causes.
According
to protesters, if the Kansas-native Koch brothers were to own the
Chicago-based multimedia corporation, right-wing propaganda will be
pushed through mainstream media.
Activists protested outside of
the Tribune Tower, at 435 North Michigan Ave., and attempted to deliver a
letter to Bruce Karsh, chairman of the board for the Tribune Company,
asking him to intervene on the potential sale. Karsh is also the owner
of Oaktree Capital Management LP, the Tribune Company’s largest shareholder.
“People
need independent, objective, daily journalism that they can trust—not
libertarian propaganda,” the letter addressed to Karsh, who was elected
chairman in January, reads. Read more »
The AFL-CIO launched its updated and expanded 
Members and leaders of three unions representing workers in the Chicago Public
Schools (CPS) system criticized the city’s recent round of school actions in a joint
report issued Tuesday, saying school closings hurt children,
struggling neighborhoods, and working families.
Freshman lawmaker 
Minimum wage workers in Illinois must work 82 hours per week — more than double the hours of a standard work week — and 52 weeks a year, in order to afford to rent a safe, reasonable apartment unit, according to a recent 
Labor advocates hosted a hearing in Chicago today and highlighted the plight of part-time workers in retail and other service industries,
while underscoring the need for federal legislation that would extend
protections, including health care, family and medical leave and
pensions, to part-time employees.
Some McDonald’s student guestworkers held a teach-in at the chain’s flagship store today in River North to show their solidarity
for organizing Chicago fast-food workers and to expose the threats of
deportation and severe exploitation they say they have faced at the hands of the company.