Skip to main content

The PilsenProle guide to Labor Day 2009…

Image
By
This year’s Labor Day is packed with activities. Here is a list of labor solidarity stuff happening next Monday…

10:00 AM
Legalization for All Labor Day Immigrant Rights March
Meet at Union Park (Ashland & Lake) at 10:00 AM
At 11:00 AM March will advance down Washington Blvd. to Federal Plaza.
Rally – 12 Noon at Federal Plaza

For flyer click below…
http://www.laborexpress.org/PDFs/labordaymarchenglishflyer.pdf


10:30 AM
Rally Outside the Congress Hotel - 520 S. Michigan Ave.

WHAT: Community delegation to deliver an open letter to the management of the Congress Hotel calling for an end to the 6-year strike.

WHO: Alderman Toni Preckwinkle; Alderman Toni Foulkes; Tim Drea, Secretary-Treasurer of the Illinois AFL-CIO; Rev. Dr. Rita Root, Chicago Metropolitan Association of the United Church of Christ; Rev. Dr. Calvin Morris, Community Renewal Society; Rev. C.J. Hawking, Arise Chicago; Rev. Larry Dowling, St. Agatha Catholic Church; and workers fighting for a fair contract at other Chicago hotels

WHY: As 6,500 Chicago hotel workers seek a new contract, the workers at the Congress Hotel continue their epic 6-year strike. The Congress is still offering housekeepers the 2002 wages of $8.83/hour, while other Chicago hotels pay $14.60. Now nearly 200 dignitaries are calling on the Congress Hotel to settle this strike.


2:00 PM
2nd Annual Labor Day Celebration in Historic Pullman
Sponsored by: The Illinois AFL-CIO, Chicago Federation of Labor, Illinois Labor History Society, numerous other unions and social organizations.

Address/Directions:
11035 S. Cottage Grove Ave.
111th Street & Cottage Grove Ave.
Convenient via Metra Electric Line and CTA Red Line/Cottage Grove Bus
By Auto: 1/2 Mile west of I-94 (Bishop Ford/Calumet Expressway) - 111th St Exit. Plenty of on-street parking.

For more information, click below…
http://laborday.pullmanevents.info/


4:00 PM till 1:00 AM
Labor Beat T.V. - Labor Video Marathon

A Year of Labor Beat!
Eighteen special episodes produced by hard working people for working people covering labor issues from September 2008 though August 2009.
Labor Day - Sept 7, 2009
4:00 pm to 1:00 am
ECTV channel 6 - Evanston Cable

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Honduran Civil Society Leaders Visit Chicago, Advocate for Restoration of the Constitutional Government and an End to Human Rights Violations...

By
Honduran Civil Society Leaders Visit Chicago, Advocate for Restoration of the Constitutional Government and an End to Human Rights Violations La Voz de los de Abajo, Casa Morazán and NALACC invite you to panel discussions and community forums in Chicago with leaders of Honduran civil society touring U.S. with immigrant leaders to advocate for the restoration of the constitutional government and an end to the escalating human rights violations. One month after the interruption of constitutional order in Honduras through a military coup d’état and in the wake of widespread reports of human rights violations harkening back to events of the 1980s, the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC) is bringing a delegation of civil society representatives from that country to the U.S. to participate in a speaking tour and to advocate for the restoration of constitutional order and respect for human rights. U.S. based Latino immigrant leaders will also join this del
Post a Comment
Read more

Dark day for Chicago, but a ray of light in the 25th Ward...

By
So Rahm Emmanuel has been elected the next privatizer in chief. Wisconsin is looking much closer to Chicago than ever before. Lets just hope we can organize the same type of labor rebellion against Rahm they have so successfully organized in Madison. Let’s see who loses their jobs first. Will the unions that decided to play nicey, nicey with Rahm really believe they will be spared Rahm’s meat cleaver? I suggest they bend over and kiss their collective asses good bye. Rahm is a man who loves to be feared not loved. I give it one year before even the most feverent Daley opponent (myself included), long wistfully for the return of daddy Daley, when evil step dad Rahm takes over. But all is not hopeless tonight. Here in the 25th, in good old Pilsen, we live to fight another day. Danny Solis has finally paid a small price for his host of sins. We have a run-off! Here are the totals as of 10:47 PM with 31 of 31 precincts counted and 100% of the vote in… CUAHUTÉMOC MORFÍN 2,451 27.96 % DANIEL
5 comments
Read more

The Siege of La Casita...

By
The Siege of La Casita: The war at Whittier Elementary School is far from over, but at least the most recent battle has been won. The siege of la casita, the field house which sits in Whittier ’s playground, has been lifted. Since Wednesday parents and community activists have occupied the facility to prevent its demolition by Chicago Public Schools (CPS). They want the field house protected and used, at least temporarily, as a library, a resource the school has been left without for years. They currently use the field house as a community center and a place for various activities for the children. They question CPS’s desire to spend over $300,000 on demolishing the structure rather than spend that money ensuring that the school has the resources its needs. The struggle at Whittier is nothing new. For much of the past decade, parents and community allies have had to fight to keep the school open and than fight yet again to make the smallest of improvements in what is
2 comments
Read more