Downtown Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike
Thousands of Chicago hotel workers could go on strike at any moment.Members of Unite Here Local 1 voted Monday night to authorize a strike; its current contract expired Aug. 31.“Tourism in Chicago is booming, all while inflation is increasing, and it’s affecting our hotel workers across the industry," Karen Kent, president of Unite Here Local 1, said in a statement issued by the union."They feel the weight anytime they go to the supermarket to buy food, or when they come home from work and are…
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