Chicago—The noisy picket line now outside the venerable downtown Congress Hotel in this city is both an anachronism and a harbinger of the future in the hotel industry. The strike by 130 room attendants, bartenders, telephone operators, and other members of Hotel and Restaurant Employees [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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Reader Comments
tHIS IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE (i WISH i WERE MORE ELOQUENT) OF UNION crapola. WE ARE NO LONGER LIVING IN uPTON sINCLAIR’S DAY, W/OUT CHILD LABOR LAWS, ETC. OF COURSE WE’RE TALKIN’ CHICAGO, TOO. YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE STANDARDS SET AT YOUR JOB, START LOOKING FOR ANOTHER ONE, BY GOD!!!!!!
SEIU, Local 4 supports the striking Congress Hotel Workers!
“(i WISH i WERE MORE ELOQUENT)”
if only you were Sara, but might I suggest not being such a complete moron?
The only thing wrong with Capitalism are the greedy f%$@ing Capitalists…
Sara, try living in Chicago on 8 bucks an hour and trying to pay the rising healthcare costs.
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