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Amazon workers and other labor supporters mark Prime Day by staging a walkout on Oct. 11, 2022, outside the MDW2 cross-dock facility in Joliet to demand better working conditions.

Chicago NLRB officials allege Amazon violated labor law at suburban warehouses

May 25, 2023 at 12:45 p.m.

Local labor board officials filed a complaint against Amazon Monday alleging the company illegally discouraged organizing efforts at four suburban warehouses last year. At the four facilities, located in Joliet,...

Amazon pulls back from planned Bridgeport warehouse previously opposed by community groups

May 23, 2023 at 4:52 p.m.

A planned Amazon warehouse in Bridgeport that faced community opposition when the project was reviewed by city officials in 2020 has been made available for sublease by the company. Amazon...

Porsche Jones, left, places groceries in Alfreda Ford's cart during the opening of the Englewood Save-A-Lot on May 11, 2023.

Englewood Save-A-Lot opens at former Whole Foods despite community opposition

May 11, 2023 at 2:27 p.m.

When Whole Foods opened a grocery store in Englewood in 2016, its arrival, supported by $10.7 million in city funding, was heralded with live music and TV cameras. Seven years...

Fries are filled for customers' orders at a Chicago McDonald's location.

McDonald’s faces new lawsuit over its advertising spending with Black-owned media

May 8, 2023 at 1:35 p.m.

McDonald's is facing a new lawsuit over how it spends its advertising dollars. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court by companies owned by media executive...

From left, Frank Lonergan, 21, Charlie Newman, 21, and Jaewon Moon, 21, swim in Lake Michigan at Promontory Point as the city reached 86 degrees during the hottest day of the year on May 7, 2023 in Chicago.

Chicago hits 87, warmest day this year; severe thunderstorm watch issued south of city and dust storm warning in central Illinois

May 7, 2023 at 9:38 p.m.

Sunday was the warmest day of the year in Chicago so far, but temperatures plummeted in the evening, with a severe thunderstorm watch issued for some areas south of the...

Employees at REI march to the store to announce their intention to file for a union election on March 31, 2023, in Chicago.

Employees at REI’s only Chicago location vote to unionize

May 5, 2023 at 11:11 a.m.

Workers at REI's only Chicago location voted to unionize with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union in an election held by the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday. Employees...

Jasper Booth-Hodges stands near the Starbucks he worked at in the Hyde Park neighborhood on Aug. 18, 2022 in Chicago. A judge for the National Labor Relations Board ruled on Tuesday that Starbucks violated labor law last summer when it fired Booth-Hodges, who helped organize a union at the Hyde Park coffee shop.

Starbucks illegally fired Chicago barista, threatened workers during union drive: judge

May 3, 2023 at 4:06 p.m.

Starbucks violated labor law last summer when it fired a barista who helped organize a union at his Hyde Park coffee shop, a judge for the National Labor Relations Board...

Floor supervisor Sarah Lemley, right, works the dining room at Split-Rail on April 20, 2023, in Chicago. The restaurant charges a 20% service fee for every dine-in check order to cover operational costs and provide better wages for the staff.

Chicago restaurants rethink tipping amid pandemic-born industry shifts

May 2, 2023 at 2:15 p.m.

José Gonzalez has worked at Topolobampo, a Mexican fine-dining restaurant owned by celebrity chef Rick Bayless, for a decade. Before the pandemic, Gonzalez's take-home pay included tips and an hourly...

Rosati’s Pizza franchisees must pay employees $250,000 in back pay, damages

April 26, 2023 at 1:09 p.m.

The owners of five Rosati's Pizza franchise locations in Illinois and northwest Indiana must pay current and former employees $250,000 in back pay and damages after entering into a consent...

Workers use heavy equipment to pull freight train cars upright following a derailment on April 20, 2023, in Blue Island.

CSX freight train derails in Blue Island Wednesday night

March 6, 2024 at 2:58 p.m.

A CSX freight train derailed in Blue Island shortly before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. The transportation company said in a statement there were no injuries as a result of the derailment,...

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