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Are any Chicago hotels currently under strike or boycott from UNITE HERE ?

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Are any Chicago hotels currently under strike or boycott from UNITE HERE ?

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Yes. The most prominent labor action right now by UNITE HERE Chicago Local 1 relates to the Congress Plaza Hotel in downtown Chicago. Hotel workers there have been on strike since 2003. For full information about this strike, see www.CongressHotelStrike.info. In December, UNITE HERE funded prominent advertisements about the Congress Hotel strike at the O’Hare Airport. Additionally, UNITE HERE has also called for boycotts of the Chicago Four Seasons Hotel and the Chicago Intercontinental Hotel because these are non-union hotels which are affiliated with chains that have taken, in UNITE HERE’s opinion, a hard-line stance against striking workers in San Francisco. Is there a labor dispute currently at the Palmer House Hilton? As of early January, 2006, no. The Palmer House Hilton Chicago is not currently under strike, boycott, or strike watch from UNITE HERE. The Strike Action Index at www.hotellaboradvisor.info (maintained by UNITE HERE) gives Palmer House a rating of Green (No visible l