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Activists interrupt dinner at acclaimed Purple Pig restaurant with chants about sexual harassment complaint

December 12, 2018 at 5:02 a.m.

A group of activists interrupted dinner at the popular Purple Pig on Wednesday night to shout out demands that the restaurant address a sexual harassment complaint. The activists, who posed...

Protesters rally outside the Hyatt Regency Chicago on Monday. Hyatt Hotels reached a contract agreement Thursday with employees who have been on strike for nearly a month.

Hyatt reaches contract agreement with striking hotel workers

December 12, 2018 at 3:26 a.m.

Hyatt Hotels has reached a contract agreement with employees who have been on strike for nearly a month, the last major lodging group to resolve a labor dispute that at...

Hotel workers strike outside of Kimpton Hotel Allegro on Sept. 10, 2018, in Chicago. Workers at the Hotel Allegro have since ratified a contract and gone back to work, but a strike is ongoing at 11 other hotels in the city.

Hotel strike ends at five more downtown Chicago hotels as workers at Hilton, Inn of Chicago ratify contracts

December 12, 2018 at 5:57 p.m.

Striking employees at four Hilton hotels are back at work after more than three weeks on the picket line. Workers at the Palmer House Hilton, The Drake, the Hilton Chicago...

Dale Kleber, at his home in Hinsdale on Sept. 11, 2018. He filed a lawsuit claiming age discrimination over a job ad that sought applicants with "no more than 7 years" of experience.

Overqualified? Or too old? Age discrimination case takes aim at biased recruiting practices.

December 12, 2018 at 3:19 a.m.

Dale Kleber, a veteran lawyer, had been unemployed and job hunting for three years when he came across a position that seemed promising, but for this part of the ad:...

Sergio Munguia, center with orange shirt, and Union strike captain Tony Smith answer questions on the Marriott contract with their fellow striking hotel workers as they picket outside the Hilton Chicago hotel on Friday.

Sympathy for hotel strikers wearing thin as some neighbors tire of the clanging and yelling

December 12, 2018 at 5:43 p.m.

Three weeks into the downtown Chicago hotel strike, protestors marching outside the Cambria Hotel in Streeterville were making themselves heard Wednesday by banging on drums, pots, frying pans and all...

Hotel workers on strike are reflected in a lobby window of the Loews hotel across the street from Ogden Plaza Park, 300 E. North Water St., on Sept. 13, 2018, in Chicago.

Kimpton hotel workers ratify contract, leaving 17 hotels where workers are still on strike

December 12, 2018 at 5:29 p.m.

Employees of the Hotel Palomar and Hotel Allegro are off the picket lines and back at work after ratifying a contract over the weekend, leaving 17 downtown hotels where workers...

Gov. Bruce Rauner has vetoed a bill that would prohibit employers from asking job candidates about their salary history.

Rauner vetoes bill that would prohibit employers from asking job candidates about salary history

December 12, 2018 at 5:18 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner for the second time has vetoed a bill that would prohibit employers from asking job candidates about their salary history, and urged the sponsors to incorporate business-friendly...

Chicago hotel strike takes step toward resolution with Marriott contract, union says

December 12, 2018 at 5:13 p.m.

Striking hotel workers ratified a contract with Marriott International, the union said Thursday. The pact could pave the way for a resolution of the 2-week-old work stoppage at more than...

Prices of hot rolled coil, Zekelman Industries' main raw material, have increased as a result of the administration's tariffs, the Chicago-based pipe-maker said in the prospectus for its initial public offering. It said the tariffs will aid the company by reducing imports.

Chicago steel pipe-maker Zekelman postpones IPO; analyst cites uncertainty from Trump tariffs

December 12, 2018 at 5:10 p.m.

Chicago-based Zekelman Industries, a major steel pipe and tube manufacturer, has postponed a plan to sell shares of its stock to the public. The company cited macroeconomic conditions for the...

AbbVie nears settlement in thousands of lawsuits alleging harm by testosterone drug AndroGel

June 19, 2020 at 3:44 a.m.

Thousands of federal lawsuits alleging harm from AbbVie’s AndroGel are on the cusp of being settled, marking the end of a long legal saga about the safety of testosterone therapy...

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