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by Adam Doster
4:44pm
Tue Sep 8, 2009
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Hotel "Right-To-Know" Law Passes City Council Committee

Labor

While it's unclear whether contract negotiations between UNITE-HERE Local 1 and Chicago's major hotel chains will prove fruitful, the union and the workers it represents at the Congress Hotel earned a significant victory at City Hall today. By a 16-3 vote, the ...

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by Adam Doster
12:04pm
Tue Sep 1, 2009
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Hotel Contract Expires, UNITE-HERE Fights On

Wages

Workers at the Congress Hotel haven't had a contract in six years. As of 12 hours ago, neither do 6,000 of their union colleagues throughout the city. A three-year contract covering UNITE-HERE Local 1 workers at 30 downtown hotels expired at midnight yesterday and ...

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by Adam Doster
3:01pm
Fri Jun 19, 2009

Congress Hotel Expansion Approved While Strike Continues

Labor

Just days after Gov. Pat Quinn and State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias joined labor and community leaders to commemorate the six year anniversary of the Congress Hotel strike, the establishment's owners netted a huge win at City Hall. In front of a rowdy audience that ...

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by Adam Doster
9:39am
Mon May 4, 2009
1 comment

Hartmarx And Wells Fargo: The Makings Of The Next Republic Windows?

Labor

A big labor fight is brewing in Des Plaines.

PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:41am
Thu Jan 15, 2009

As Strike Continues, Congress Hotel Seeks To Expand (UPDATED)

Labor

For over five years, employees of the Congress Hotel in downtown Chicago have walked the picket line, hoping to secure wages comparable to hotel employees across the city. And for five years, the Nasser family, which owns the hotel, has stubbornly refused to budge, ...

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by Adam Doster
10:46am
Thu Sep 4, 2008

Congress Hotel Hosts America's Next Top Model

Labor

Owners of Chicago's Congress Hotel can't pay their employees a living wage, but they sure can play host to some budding models! For all you aspiring models out there, “America’s Top Model” casting directors are coming to Chicago on Saturday to do a ...

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by Adam Doster
12:11pm
Wed Jun 11, 2008
6 comments

Walk The Line: The Congress Hotel Strike Turns Five

Labor

Before there was the Hyatt or the Ritz-Carlton, there was the Congress Hotel. Erected within spitting distance of Chicago’s Grant Park on the eve of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, the Congress prided itself on providing a luxurious resting spot for the world’s ...

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by Adam Doster
3:33pm
Thu May 1, 2008

Si Se Puede!

Immigration

Demonstrating for comprehensive immigration reform and "respect and justice for all workers," thousands gathered today at Chicago's Union Park in celebration of International Worker's Day. On what turned out to be a beautiful afternoon, May Day participants ...

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by Adam Doster
9:30am
Fri Mar 14, 2008

UNITE-HERE Tells Trump "You're Fired!"

Chicago

Members of the Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA) were anticipating their third annual meeting for quite some time. An advocacy group that promotes mixed-use development in downtown Chicago, local business and civic leaders were excited to unveil an ambitious $165 million plan ...