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Salesforce Tower is seen under construction on March 11, 2021. Salesforce is now looking to sublease space in the tower.

Salesforce, Meta looking to sublease downtown office space

March 24, 2023 at 3:35 p.m.

Salesforce and Meta are looking to sublease significant portions of their downtown office space, spokespeople for both companies confirmed. Both tech companies announced mass layoffs in recent months. The downtown...

Pedro Manzanares helped organize workers at El Milagro.

Labor board officials allege El Milagro in Chicago threatened workers for organizing

March 6, 2024 at 2:47 p.m.

Local tortilleria El Milagro told workers they could lose their jobs if they engaged in collective action, labor board officials alleged in a complaint filed Wednesday. Chicago officials with the...

The exterior of VIP's Gentlemen's Club, later renamed Rick's Cabaret Chicago, is seen on Nov. 10, 2018.

Former dancers sue River North strip club over alleged assaults

March 21, 2023 at 3:56 p.m.

Four former dancers are suing a River North strip club, alleging management regularly allowed customers to physically and sexually assault them at work. The dancers' suit alleges that the strip...

University of Chicago students walk the picket line on June 4, 2019, in support of university's graduate students who were on strike that week, hoping to push leaders of the school to formally recognize the union.

University of Chicago grad students vote overwhelmingly to unionize

March 17, 2023 at 1:56 p.m.

Graduate students at the University of Chicago voted overwhelmingly to unionize following a ballot count held Thursday by the National Labor Relations Board, the latest such vote in a swell...

People picket outside the United Center in Chicago on Feb 15, 2023. Concession workers at the United Center have reached a tentative agreement with their employer, Chicago-based food service provider Levy.

United Center concessions workers reach tentative contract agreement

March 13, 2023 at 11:11 a.m.

Concession workers at the United Center have reached a tentative agreement with their employer, Chicago-based food service provider Levy, and will remain on the job for the time being. Negotiations...

Emma Turner-Trujillo, foreground, and other Field Museum workers are joined by politicians and labor organizers at a news conference outside the museum in Chicago on Nov. 15, 2022, when it was announced that Field employees had taken the first steps toward unionizing.

Field Museum staff vote to unionize, forming second major Chicago museum union after Art Institute

March 13, 2023 at 2:47 p.m.

About 300 workers at the Field Museum will join the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 following a ballot count in their union election Thursday. The...

Berlin staff member Chelle Crotinger on March 8, 2023, in Chicago.

A union walks into a bar: Staff at famed Northalsted nightclub Berlin launch rare union campaign

March 10, 2023 at 11:09 a.m.

As Saturday night gave way to Sunday morning at the Belmont Avenue nightclub Berlin, bar staff checked IDs, charged covers, stamped wrists, checked coats, poured drinks and opened tabs. Bartenders...

Concessions workers picket outside the United Center ahead of a Chicago Bulls-Indiana Pacers game as a strike begins on March 5, 2023.

Another strike possible at United Center ahead of Big Ten Tournament

March 8, 2023 at 10:15 a.m.

Concessions workers at the United Center could walk off the job again this week as the Big Ten men's basketball tournament gets underway Wednesday. Talks between the workers' employer, Chicago-based...

Reserved, the booth, favored by Frank Sinatra, at Gene and Georgetti, Feb. 24, 2023.

Dynamic pricing for dinner? Some Chicago restaurants experiment with charging more for prime tables

March 3, 2023 at 7:34 a.m.

When Frank Sinatra sang in Chicago, he'd often dine afterward at Gene & Georgetti, a white-tablecloth steakhouse in River North. Sinatra would come to dinner after hours in search of...

Pizzeria Uno pictured on June 29, 2019, in Chicago.

Pizzeria Uno sells frozen pizza division to Romeoville-based Great Kitchens

March 1, 2023 at 3:54 p.m.

Romeoville-based Great Kitchens Food Co. has acquired Uno Foods' frozen and refrigerated pizza brands as the iconic deep dish chain focuses on expanding its franchise restaurants. Uno Foods is the...

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