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Workers Go on Strike at 26 Chicago Hotels

Union workers are officially on strike at 26 Chicago hotels, with a warning that employees at four other hotels could join the strike at any time.

According to UNITE HERE Local 1, a union representing more than 15,000 hospitality and food-service workers in Chicago, employees at the following 26 hotels are currently on strike:

  • Ambassador Chicago
  • Cambria Magnificent Mile
  • Crowne Plaza Hotel Chicago-Metro
  • Doubletree Chicago Magnificent Mile
  • Drake Hotel
  • Hampton Inn/Homewood Suites Magnificent Mile
  • Hilton Chicago
  • Holiday Inn Mart Plaza
  • Hotel Blake
  • Hyatt Regency Chicago
  • Hyatt Regency McCormick Place
  • Inn of Chicago
  • JW Marriott
  • Kimpton Hotel Allegro
  • Kimpton Hotel Palomar
  • Kinzie Hotel
  • Millennium Knickerbocker
  • Palmer House
  • The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago
  • Sheraton Grand Chicago
  • W Chicago City Center
  • W Chicago Lakeshore
  • Warwick Allerton
  • Westin Michigan Avenue
  • Westin River North
  • Wyndham Grand

The following four hotels could be the subject of a strike “at any time,” according to the union.

  • Fairmont Chicago
  • Hotel Raffaello
  • Park Hyatt Chicago
  • Tremont Chicago Hotel at Magnificent Mile

More information is available on UNITE HERE Local 1’s strike website.

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