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Union says Chicago Transit Authority is ‘asking for a war’
Darrell Jefferson, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241 declared that the union would consider striking if the Chicago…
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Riders denounce CTA budget at public meetings
The Party for Socialism and Liberation is mobilizing to stop CTA fare hikes, service cuts and layoffs. There will be…
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Chicago Transit Authority’s 2010 budget: an assault on workers
The Party for Socialism and Liberation is mobilizing to stop CTA fare hikes, service cuts and layoffs. There will be…
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Chicago hotel workers take to the streets
On Sept. 11, workers from three different Chicago hotels picketed outside their respective workplaces to ensure that their hard-won gains…
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Community protests planned closings of Chicago mental health clinics
On Aug. 27, patients and workers in Chicago staged a demonstration outside the office of Mayor Richard Daley to protest…
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Chicago City Hall protest demands end to parking meter expansion
The report below was circulated by ANSWER Chicago. Watch Video of the parking meter protest Over 200 people protested at…
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Community on Chicago’s south side fights parking meter expansion
For over a month, the Centro Communitario Juan Diego on Chicago’s south side has staged militant neighborhood actions and a…
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Illinois budget axes $3 billion in vital services, lays off thousands
On July 15, the Illinois state government passed a $26 billion budget that includes $2.1 billion in cuts to social…
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Mayor puts Chicago workers on hook for 2016 Olympics
On June 17, at an International Olympic Committee meeting in Switzerland, Mayor Richard Daley committed the city of Chicago to…
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Thousands protest in Chicago to stop Illinois budget cuts
On June 18, over 3,000 people rallied in the middle of a workday outside of the James R. Thompson Center…
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