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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"

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

This is an article from the Chicago Sun-Times. According to it, the strike was narrowed to only four hotels as of October 4, 2018, due to newly established contracts with the hotel workers. The strike continued in: Cambria Magnificent Mile, Crowne…

A GoFundMe page had been created for support of the strike.

NBC Chicago reports that the strike has gone on for five consecutive days since its beginning (which would turn into four weeks total).

A socialist organization based in North Carolina also expressed support for the Chicagoan strikers on Facebook, posting their group picture to the Solidarity Campaign page

YouTube video live from CBS Chicago summarizing the purposes and goals of the strikers, with short interviews given by several hotel workers

In this short news video, CBS Local describes the noise complaints from downtown Chicago residents, as the strikers are using drums, sirens, and bullhorns in their walks

Newspaper article discussing the complaints of downtown Chicago hotel customers, after workers have begun to temporarily abandon their duties, until their demands are satisfied

The Burlington branch of the International Socialist Organization stated that they stand by the striking hotel employees.