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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

The Chicago hotel strike of fall 2018 turned out to be the first mass hotel worker strike in the city since the beginning of the 20th century.

On August 31, all the Chicago hotel workers unanimously decided to strike, after their employers failed to help them in their requests for better contracts and insurance concerns

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

This article from Thinkprogress.org reveals that, after some time passed from the beginning of the strike, the hotels themselves declared that they need more time to negotiate the contract to the satisfaction of the strikers.

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…

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…

Video of Hurricane Florence From Space taken on September 10

Video report of Hurricane Florence striking North Carolina produced by Financial Times.

Report on roads and bridges that suffered major damage from Florence. What repairs could cost segment.