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Does UNITE HERE currently have any involvement with Chicago area hotels?

April 26, 2017area Chicago Currently hotels unite

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Does UNITE HERE currently have any involvement with Chicago area hotels?

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UNITE HERE Local 1 Chicago represents workers at the majority of Chicago’s major hotels. Local contact information is as follows: Chicago and Midwest Regional Joint Board Lynn Talbott, International Vice President/Manager Noel Beasley, International Vice President/Manager 333 S. Ashland Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60607 Tel. 312-738-6100 Fax 312-738-9985 Local 1 Chicago Henry Tamarin International Executive Vice President/President 55 West Van Buren Street, 4th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60605 Tel. 312-663-4373 Fax 312-986-3828 Are any Chicago hotels currently under strike or boycott from UNITE HERE ? 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 h