Chicago
Chicago will be site for Occupy’s Spring
February 29, 2012There's another springtime swirling here in Chicago: the rebirth of the Occupy movement.
Read moreWorkers who staged second plant takeover face new challenge
February 29, 2012A group of determined Chicago workers who captured the attention of a nation three years ago when they took over their plant.
Read moreParents, community occupy Chicago school, demand to be heard
February 21, 2012The occupiers were dramatizing their frustration with plans by the Chicago Public Schools to close the school and reopen it as a charter.
Read moreChicagoans demand “people’s library hours”
January 25, 2012Mayor Rahm Emanuel was forced to back off his unilateral closure of neighborhood branch libraries on Mondays after the move sparked a public uproar.
Read moreHyatt continues attack on housekeepers
January 2, 2012The Hyatt hotel chain seems determined to continue an attack on housekeepers that it began more than a year ago when it fired veteran employees in Boston and replaced them with lower paid temporary workers.
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