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Chicago Congress Hotel workers mark sixth anniversary of strike 2009-06-16
The rally was both a celebration of the strike's persistence and a lament of stalled negotiations with hotel owners and representatives. Among the strikers' supporters were Gov. Pat Quinn, state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias and aldermen Bob Fioretti and Ricardo Munoz. Each was present and spoke at the protest. "This hotel has not treated its workers right" Quinn yelled from a podium between Michigan Avenue traffic and the hotel's lower east floors. "We will have justice." |
Chi Town Daily News--Hundreds of protesters marked the sixth anniversary of a strike over labor conditions at The Congress Plaza Hotel and Convention Center on Monday, stretching a picket line down a block-long stretch of South Michigan Avenue. On June 15, 2003, almost six months after their contracts expired, workers at the Congress Hotel went on strike. Union organizers say hotel management cut wages, stopped paying employee health-care premiums and demanded the right to subcontract its unionized workforce.
 
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I’ve always been a strong union person, and my participation on the bargaining committee has made me more sure and confident of the fact that what workers care about and what we say matters. ”
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“"In these political dark ages, it's important for us to stand up for one another. These hotel workers by the (LAX) airport make 20 percent less wages than hotel workers around the rest of Los Angeles. We're here to express our solidarity with them, to help them unionize and to help them close the gap between their sub-poverty wages and the millions and millions of dollars the people who own these hotels make."” - Tom Morello on MTV News before 9/28 L.A. Protest |
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