Labor Day Action: Hundreds of Leaders Call Upon the Congress Hotel to End the Strike [Unite Here Local 1]
-(Business Wire)-September 3, 2009 - Unite Here Local 1:
| WHAT: | Labor Day Community delegation to deliver an open letter to the management of the Congress Hotel calling for an end to the 6-year strike. | |
| WHO: | Alderman Toni Preckwinkle; Alderman Toni Foulkes; Rev. Dr. Rita Root, Chicago Metropolitan Association of the United Church of Christ; Rev. Dr. Calvin Morris, Community Renewal Society; Rev. Larry Dowling, St. Agatha Catholic Church; and workers fighting for a fair contract at other Chicago hotels | |
| WHERE: | In front of Congress Plaza Hotel, 520 South Michigan Avenue | |
| WHEN: | Monday, September 7, 2009, 10:30 am (Labor Day) | |
| WHY: | As 6,500 Chicago hotel workers seek a new contract, the workers at the Congress Hotel continue their epic 6-year strike. The Congress is still offering housekeepers the 2002 wages of $8.83/hour, while other Chicago hotels pay $14.60. Now nearly 200 dignitaries, including Governor Quinn, Treasurer Giannoulias and numerous other elected officials, are calling on the Congress Hotel to settle this strike. | |
| VISUALS: | Community, political, and religious leaders; UNITE HERE red shirts and signs; large letter addressed to Congress Plaza Hotel with approximately 200 signatures. |
Unite Here Local 1, Chicago’s hospitality workers union, represents over 15,000 hotel and food service workers in Chicago and casino workers in Northwest Indiana.
 |
 |
 |
|
||
 |
|
 |
|
||
Search Our News Using Google Search
Can't find what you want? Try using Google:
