Hyatt Workers in Chicago Stage One-Day Strike; IWJ Supporters Join the Picket Line

By Micah Uetricht Workers at the Hyatt Regency Chicago walked off the job on Monday for a day, and were joined by religious leaders, labor organizers, and the rank-and-file faithful Interfaith Worker Justice‘s biannual conference on the picket line. Attendees paid visits to two other Hyatt hotels in Chicago, staging “pray-ins” in the lobby areas [...]

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Organizing on Wobbly Ground: Learning from ‘Solidarity Unionism at Starbucks’

Originally posted at Working In These Times.   by Adam Kader The decline of unions does not mean the end of the labor movement. Indeed, the last few years have seen a proliferation of new kinds of worker organizations and workers’ rights campaigns. Some of the most exciting of late have been conducted by community-based [...]

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51 Trade Unionists Killed in Colombia

By: Shelly Ruzicka As workers and unionists across the Midwest and across the country continue their fight to maintain collective bargaining rights, unionists in Columbia are fighting for their lives.   Last year alone, 51  unionists were killed in Columbia.  That’s more than the rest of the world combined. Our friends at the Chicago Religious Leadership Network on [...]

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125 Years Later

By:  Shelly Ruzicka At first I could not understand why the workers…silently and without a sign of protest bore every insult the caprice of the foreman or boss would heap upon them. I was not aware of the fact that the opportunity to work was a privilege, a favor, and that it was in the [...]

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Workers As One

By Mary Ann Kader Report back from the “We Are One” rally in Daley Plaza, Chicago Illinois, on Saturday, April 9, 2011 Last month, workers gathered together around the country to show unity in the face of anti-union backlash in states like Wisconsin.  Chicago had its own rally on a beautiful day downtown.  I was [...]

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Lakeview Community Says “No Way” to Low Pay

By: Angelica Cardoso A coalition of Lakeview community members, organizations, local business owners, faith leaders, union representatives, the neighborhood chamber of commerce and others united this morning to speak out against Wal-Mart’s intent to open a store in the Lakeview neighborhood, on Broadway just north of Diversey.  There is currently a T.J. Maxx and a [...]

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Negotiations on Hold for CMSA Teachers

By Angelica Cardoso Today a protest comprised of teachers, community activists and unionists was held outside the office of Sulejman F. Dizdarevic – Board member at Chicago Mathematics and Science Academy.  He, along with fellow Board members, is refusing to recognize the union voted for by teachers at the north side charter school. Teachers state [...]

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