An Instagram owned by UNITE HERE posted the photograph of Roushaunda Williams, a Palmer House worker, who was invited to Fox 32 to speak about her experience at the strike
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…
An Instagram post by user _isamar_g is a photograph of a Facebook post by Senator Bernie Sanders. In it, he expresses his support for the strike and calls everyone to help in the fight for "economic, social, and racial justice"
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
An Instagram user, Vicky Scheerer, posted a photograph from the strike, which she joined in solidarity with the workers. On the photograph is one of the hotel workers with her mother, along with a humorous caption.
A photograph of all the workers that have voted in favor of a strike. UNITE HERE states that 97% of hotel employees believed that a strike will help them resolve their workplace issues
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 photograph of a memorial stone plaque downtown that commemorates the formation of UNITE HERE (labor union) in 2004. Instagram user A. J. Stanford took a picture of the important plaque while on strike herself