This video clip was posted on the Instagram page of Chicago Hotel Strike Solidarity, a support group for the strikers. In it, the strikers are shown marching in raincoats in spite of the weather, which is explicitly admired
A Facebook advertisement for an event in downtown Chicago, next to the Hilton Hotel. Citizen Action Illinois announced that they will be joining the strikers in their picket instead of organizing their customary annual fundraiser
A Facebook page titled "Chicago Hotel Strike Solidarity Campaign" was created in support of the strike and the participants. It posted photographs and information about the development of the movement
This is an informative article for the general public, explaining the strike. The article answers questions such as: why the strike is taking place, who is striking, which hotels are participating, etc.
WGN Radio invited Phil Vettel, a restaurant critic, to discuss how the hotel strike might impact the business of the restaurants that are in some of the hotels.
As of today, only two hotels are striking - Cambia Magnificent Mile and Kinzie Hotel. All the other hotels have stopped their strike due to new negotiated contracts that offer workers year-round health insurance and other benefits for which they…
A digital journalist for ABC7 covered live the march of the hotel workers down Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago. The tweets include short video clips of the workers' march and the photograph of the Cook Country Board President Toni Preckwinkle
Repast: Dining Out at the Dawn of the New American Century, 1900-1910 focuses mainly on restaurants in the United States, and not hotels, but in the footnotes to one of the chapters, the strikes of the 1890s to the 1900s are mentioned as spreading…