Strikers at Chicago’s Congress Hotel celebrate 7th anniversary

According to In These Times, strikers at Chicago's Congress Plaza Hotel celebrated their 7th anniversary on the picket line on Monday. Members of Unite Here Local 1 began the strike in 2003 when management proposed a contract that would cut benefits and freeze wages or address the unsafe working conditions in the hotel. The Congress Plaza Hotel now employs so-called temporary workers who receive no pension, no benefits, and wages far below the industry standard.

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Lyderson, Kari. Come March With Us: Congress Hotel Strikers Celebrate 7th Anniversary. In These Times. June 13, 2010.