Directly west of Chicago's iconic Buckingham Fountain sits the Congress Hotel. Itself an icon during its heyday of the early 20th century, the Congress is now a shabbier shade of its former self. But on June 12, the city's left-labor bloc livened the place up by [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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If folks would like to see some photos of the demonstration, they can find some at
http://www.chicagodsa.org/c20080612/index.html
Jerry Mead-Lucero of “Labor Express” did some interviews of the demonstration participants that can be found at
http://pilsenprole.blogspot.com/2008/06/congress-hotel-strike-enters-5th-year.html
be well,
bob roman
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