Journalism and democracy itself are under attack. Do you feel overwhelmed? Need help finding food and paying rent? Want to help strengthen your neighborhood? Learn more about how to protect yourself and your community!
Contact: UCP Workers Guild | ucpworkers@gmail.com Emily Steelhammer, Executive Director | esteelhammer@chicagonewsguild.org Sign On to Help Chicago Press Workers Gain Voluntary Recognition! Workers at the University of Chicago Press are forming a union with the Chicago News Guild, TNG-CWA Local 34071, joining the nationwide labor movement for a stronger publishing industry. The UCP Workers Guild has requested that leadership agree to voluntary recognition and work with staff
Every year on May 1, workers around the world mark May Day as a day of solidarity, protest, and collective power. May Day’s roots are in Chicago, the city of big shoulders- and the home of the labor movement. The Fight for the Eight-Hour Work Day In the late 19th century, working people in Chicago faced horrific conditions. Fourteen to sixteen hour shifts were the norm. Factory floors were super dangerous. Wages were low. Workers had little protection and even less power. The
By: Rose Schafer, SEIU Local 1 PSU Unit Chair Things are bad at the NLRB. Between increased union organizing (good!) and intentionally vicious understaffing (bad!), it now takes over 400 days to get to a complaint. And even when you do get a complaint (and then a hearing and then — if you win — a remedial order), what does it actually order? These days, maybe just a notice posting. And if all you’re gonna is a flyer in the breakroom a year or so later, why bother filing ULP c
