[CIMC-work] Press Release: Labor Day CD at Congress Hotel

[Mitchell Szczepanczyk]

Possibly.  I don't have anything else big planned for Labor Day; I could
definitely see myself writing for this.

Anyone else interested?
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_ Z  Mitchell Szczepanczyk
  /  http://home.uchicago.edu/~msszczep http://www.chicagomediaaction.org
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On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Garth Liebhaber wrote:

> hey folks, I'm going to shoot this.  looks like a good feature as well- d=
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> anyone want to write for this?
> g.
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> NEWS ADVISORY
> August 27, 2003
> For Immediate Release
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> Congress Strikers Plan Historic
> Civil Disobedience Action for Labor Day
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> WHAT: Non-violent civil disobedience action at the Congress Hotel
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> WHO:=09Studs Terkel; Chicago Federation of Labor President Dennis Gannon;=
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> Local 1 President Henry Tamarin; SEIU Local 1 President Tom Balanoff; UNI=
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> Vice-President Lynn Talbot; Congress strikers
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> WHERE:=09Congress Hotel, 520 S. Michigan Ave.
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> DATE:=09Monday, September 1
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> TIME: 10:30 a.m.
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> In what may be the first civil disobedience action by organized labor in=
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> Chicago since the 1930=92s, Chicago labor leaders are planning a civil=20
> disobedience protest at the Congress Hotel for Labor Day. Strikers, other=
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> union members, prominent labor leaders will sit down in front of the=20
> Congress Hotel to highlight the struggle of the Congress strikers for=20
> justice. Studs Terkel, the eminent Chicago author and historian, will be=
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> present and offer remarks setting the historical context for the event.
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> In the first hotel strike in Chicago history, Congress Hotel workers walk=
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> out on June 15 after management implemented a final contract offer that=
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> includes a 7% wage cut, unlimited right to subcontract and no raise for f=
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> years.
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> This weekend=92s civil disobedience action marks the one-year anniversary=
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> the historic contract settlement that gave workers at Chicago=92s other u=
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> hotels a 54% increase in wages and benefits over the life of the contract=
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> While housekeepers in most Chicago hotels now earn $10.00 per hour, the=
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> Congress Hotel cut workers=92 wages to $8.21.
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> Contact: Clare Fauke, 312-663-4373 x247; or cell 312-802-2302, or
> Jo Marie Agriesti, 312-663-4373 x240; or cell 312-656-4633
> Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) Local 1
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> Visit the website: www.congresshotelstrike.info
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> # # #
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> --
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> Lars Negstad
> HERE Local 1
> 55 W. Van Buren
> Chicago IL 60605
> Tel. 312-663-4373, ext. 243
> Fax 312-986-3828
> www.congresshotelstrike.info
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