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  • Collection: The 2018 Chicago Hotel Strike

Sonia Vasquez, a room attendant at Crowne Plaza, shared a video message of support with the UNITE HERE organization and those involved and interested in the strike

This webpage gives information about the union of hospitality workers throughout the U.S. and Canada. Most of the recent material. This is a press release of the most recent news, i.e. that hundreds of hotel workers managed to receive their demanded…

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

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.

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

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

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

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.
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