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All 61 employees affected by the layoffs were offered their jobs back, 24 accepted and the others will receive back pay for the time they spent unemployed, the health center said.
The tally at the world’s largest location for the coffee chain deals a blow to the aspirations of Workers United, part of the Service Employees International Union.
Hospital union workers are seeking better pay and more staff. The report details how a patient died after being left alone in the emergency room.
Speakers at a public meeting at UIC tell Peoples Gas executives that the cost of living is already high and a rate hike would add to households’ financial pressure.
Frontline service, care and technical staff will strike Monday at the West Side hospital. They want a living wage, as job vacancies in some sections are between 25% and 35%.
The agreement, to be signed Tuesday, “is more expansive than in years past and comes earlier in the process than ever before,” Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison said.
A walkout by bellhops, front desk agents, room attendants, cooks, servers and dishwashers in L.A. and Orange counties begins as the busy tourist season ramps up.
Journalists at two dozen papers in eight states walk off the job, demanding an end to cost cutting and leadership change at Gannett, owner of more than 200 daily papers.
The layoffs come as the company sets aside $5.4 billion after taxes to cover opioid litigation.
Demonstrators rallied outside the National Restaurant Association gathering at McCormick Place, demanding the City Council raise tipped workers’ minimum pay.
About 100 protesters chanted ‘No wages, no pages,’ waved signs and were accompanied by an inflatable rat as law school grad David Zaslav gave his address.
Two 10-year-olds are among 300 children illegally employed at McDonald’s franchise locations in Kentucky, the U.S. Labor Department said.
The Writers Guild of America said its 11,500 unionized screenwriters will walk the picket line Tuesday. Writers say that in the streaming era they are not being paid enough.
Employees at an ice cream store in the town where it was founded have formed an organizing committee and have asked the National Labor Relations Board for an election.
Faculty and staff will return to classrooms at the Far South Side campus on Monday after reaching a tentative deal with Chicago State University administrators.
Workers announce a campaign to affiliate with Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
Concessions workers represented by Unite Here Local 1 are bargaining with Levy, part of Compass Group.
Sunday’s job action by members of Unite Here Local 1 comes as the venue approaches the five-day Big Ten men’s basketball tournament.
The work stoppage has many students scrambling to learn course material on their own, but they also say there must be “sacrifices made for progress to be made.”
Hospitality union Unite Here Local 1 says 132 Signature Room workers got no advance notice of plans to close the restaurant and lounge at 875 N. Michigan Ave., the former John Hancock Center
The UAW, without an agreement with the Detroit Three, initiated walkouts early Friday at one GM, Ford and Stellantis plant each in Missouri, Michigan and Ohio.
The TV host has resumed production of ‘The Drew Barrymore Show,’ drawing the ire of striking members of the Writers Guild and Screen Actors Guild.
The United Auto Workers current contract with Ford, GM and Stellantis ends Sept. 14. Workers on Labor Day say the gulf between union demands and the automakers’ position mean a strike is likely.
Union leaders announced that more than 99% of members had voted to authorize a strike if contract talks ‘do not yield significant improvements.’
It wasn’t really possible for Democrats to draw the new state Supreme Court map in a way that would have assured them of winning one of the seats on the November ballot, as would have been their normal tendency. Instead, both seats are in play.
Now that a new city ordinance has taken effect, the new challenge is spreading the word and helping workers overcome fear, members of Arise Chicago, a workers’ rights group, said Tuesday.
Shantonia Jackson and other certified nursing assistants who are members of SEIU have been desperately needed during the pandemic that has ravaged care homes.
Charlayne Guy investigated food poisoning outbreaks. Deeanna Mendoza inspected restaurants and schools, among other places. Victoria Romero worked with HIV clinics. Now all three AFSCME members are squarely focused on COVID-19.
Cecilia Renteria is trying to recruit more women to the painting trade.
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