Thursday, October 29, 2009

Unite Here: Workers Vote to Authorize a Strike at 5 Chicago Area Hotels

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, workers at five area hotels, including the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Westin Michigan Avenue, W Lakeshore, W Chicago-City Center, and Tremont Hotel, voted to authorize a strike by an 89% majority, in a major escalation of a citywide labor dispute among Chicago’s downtown hotels. The vote authorizes the rank-and-file bargaining committee to call a strike or boycott, if necessary

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