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A DHL delivery truck passes a DHL location on Oct. 20, 2020, in New York. (Frank Franklin II/AP Photo)

DHL to pay Chicago-area drivers $8.7M in EEOC racial discrimination settlement

April 25, 2024 at 3:43 p.m.

The federal employment agency accused the company of assigning Black workers to routes in neighborhoods with higher crime rates and segregating Black and white employees.

Foxtrot Market stores in Chicago, including the one at North Avenue and Wells Street, were abruptly and permanently closed on April 23, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Dom’s, Foxtrot parent hit with WARN Act lawsuit over abrupt closure

April 24, 2024 at 8:22 p.m.

The lawsuit alleges Outfox Hospitality violated the federal and state WARN Acts when the company laid off workers in the middle of their shifts Tuesday.

People hug outside the Dom’s Kitchen & Market on Halsted Street at Diversey Parkway in Chicago after the store was abruptly closed and employees were let go on April, 23, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Dom’s Kitchen and Foxtrot close abruptly, bringing end to high-flying expansion plans

April 24, 2024 at 6:08 a.m.

The merger had been intended to give both brands a runway to expand, but efforts in recent weeks to raise new capital were unsuccessful, according to a source familiar with...

An employee brings shopping carts into a Jewel Osco grocery store in Niles on Nov. 4, 2022. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Kroger and Albertsons propose selling off more Illinois stores in bid for merger approval

April 23, 2024 at 6:08 a.m.

Under federal scrutiny over their plans to merge, the grocery giants said Monday they will sell off about 20 more Illinois grocery stores than originally planned.

People stand in the lobby for Amazon offices in New York on Feb. 14, 2019. A federal jury found that Amazon Web Services must pay $525 million to Chicago-based tech company Kove for infringing upon three of the company’s patents. (Mark Lennihan/AP)

Amazon hit with $525 million jury verdict in patent case brought by Chicago tech firm

April 11, 2024 at 3:40 p.m.

The patent case, which was heard in federal court in Chicago, centered around data-storage patents held by West Loop-based Kove.

Trader Joe’s workers and supporters cheer as they announce they're filing for a union election, April 7, 2024, in North Center. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Workers at North Center Trader Joe’s are first in Chicago to file for union election

April 8, 2024 at 1:35 p.m.

If a majority of the roughly 140 eligible crew members at the store vote to unionize, the location will become the first unionized Trader Joe’s in Chicago and fifth nationwide.

The Museum of Contemporary Art on May 31, 2017, in Chicago. Staff at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art announced plans to unionize Wednesday, becoming the latest workforce to launch a union campaign at a major Chicago cultural institution in recent years. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

Museum of Contemporary Art will voluntarily recognize staff union

April 5, 2024 at 4:25 p.m.

The MCA is the first Chicago museum to offer voluntary recognition to its staff union with AFSCME Council 31, a union spokesperson said.

Lillie Elling, a barista, stands outside the Greektown Starbucks, 116 S. Halsted St., after a morning shift on Feb. 17, 2024. Elling and other unionized workers are filing fair workweek complaints against the company, alleging a lack of "good faith" work schedule estimates. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Starbucks baristas file fair workweek complaints against coffee giant

February 21, 2024 at 12:41 p.m.

Chicago's fair workweek law requires some employers to give staff advance notice of their schedules and pay a premium for last-minute changes.

Museum of Contemporary Art workers become latest museum staff to launch union drive

February 14, 2024 at 1:20 p.m.

Other museum staff to unionize include the Art Institute, Museum of Science and Industry, Field Museum and Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.

National Association of Realtors building at 430 N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago on Sept. 20, 2023.

National Association of Realtors president resigns in response to unspecified ‘threat’

January 8, 2024 at 4:19 p.m.

National Association of Realtors President Tracy Kasper has resigned, the latest in a string of leadership changes at the embattled Chicago-based trade association. In a news release, the association said...

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