Congress Plaza Hotel strike ends after 10 years
A strike at the Congress Plaza Hotel in downtown Chicago that lasted 10 years has ended. Unite Here Local 1, the union representing cleaning and maintenance workers, offered an unconditional...
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Congress Plaza Hotel strike ends after 10 years
A strike at the Congress Plaza Hotel in downtown Chicago that lasted 10 years has ended. Unite Here Local 1, the union representing cleaning and maintenance workers, offered an unconditional...
10-year strike at Congress Plaza Hotel is over
A 10-year strike at the Congress Plaza hotel in downtown Chicago -- believed to be the longest hotel strike in the world --has ended. An attorney for the hotel said...
Enterprise buys I-GO car-sharing service
Car sharing didn't exist in Chicago a decade ago when a little known nonprofit called the Center for Neighborhood Technology launched I-GO as an alternative to car ownership. Today, the...
CME moves forward with sale plan for NYMEX building in Manhattan
CME Group said Wednesday that it has retained a firm to help sell the NYMEX building, the headquarters of the New York Mercantile Exchange. CME first said it was considering...
United opens kennel facility at O’Hare
United Airlines said Tuesday that it has opened a kennel at O'Hare International Airport to better care for pets too big to fit in a plane's cabin. The kennel is...
Malehorn to be next head of World Business Chicago
A longtime General Electric executive has been tapped as the new president and CEO of World Business Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Friday. Jeff Malehorn was at GE for 28...
AAA forecasts slight decline in Memorial Day travel
AAA predicts that travel will fall slightly this Memorial Day weekend, as fewer people fly and driving vacations hold steady. In Illinois, the number of travelers over the holiday weekend...
Ex-IRS commissioner withdraws bid for CBOE board seat
CBOE Holdings Inc. said former IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman has withdrawn his bid for election to the company's board days before its annual meeting as he prepares to testify...
Hotel workers protest Pritzker Commerce nomination
Hundreds of protesters landed outside the Hyatt McCormick Place just as the National Restaurant Association Show, one of the nation's largest hospitality industry trade shows, was letting out for its...