UNITE HERE Local 1

Chicago’s hospitality workers union. We represent about 16,000 hotel, food service, and casino workers in Chicago and Northwest Indiana.

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CPS lunchroom workers in the street and prepared to take arrest outside the Chicago Board of Education during today’s civil disobedience action, demanding equality and a fair contract.
#Equality #CPS #Lunchlady #Chicago #IU #ItsBetterInAUnion #CivilDisobedience

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@MadisonCollege .@MadisonCollege has until October 1 of this year to exercise its termination right in favor of another project. Sign the petition to tell MATC to DUMP DRURY! https://t.co/vIBJIRT6hW
#MadisonCollege #DumpDrury

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HAPPENING NOW: Hospitality workers and community members are rallying in downtown Madison to demand that @MadisonCollege (MATC) terminate their lease with hotel developer Drury Madison, LLC and find a responsible developer for the site! #MadisonCollege #DumpDrury

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@MadisonCollege “I’m proud to be a hospitality worker in Madison. But having a vacant lot in the middle of downtown hurts our industry and our city. MATC needs to dump Drury & find a better developer for this site,” - Miles Beining, Hilton Madison front desk worker & former MATC student

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@MadisonCollege “Our members want to see responsible hospitality development in the areas where they live and work. The taxpayers who fund MATC deserve better than delays and broken promises. We urge the MATC Trustees to terminate the lease with Drury,” - Lou Weeks, EVP of UNITE HERE Local 1

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8 years after signing a lease with @MadisonCollege, Drury has failed to begin construction and the site sits vacant. To date, the project has produced ZERO new hospitality jobs for Madison and left an unsightly pit just steps from the Capitol. #MadisonCollege #DumpDrury

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This past April dozens of CPS lunchroom workers put their freedom on the line. No one who feeds Chicago’s children should have to live in poverty. They marched and made their voices heard.

✊ The fight continues.

#CPSWorkers #UnionStrong #OneJobShouldBeEnough @UniteHERELocal1

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This fight has been building for over a year. Last month, 27 Chicago City Council members signed a letter urging CPS leadership to address lunchroom workers’ demands. In April, workers participated in a mass civil disobedience demanding an end to unequal treatment.
#CPSLunchroomWorkers #FairContractNow  #chicago

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HAPPENING NOW! CPS lunchroom workers are outside the Board of Education demanding the contract they deserve. After more than a year of negotiations, the workers who feed Chicago’s children remain the lowest-paid employees in CPS.

#CPSLunchroomWorkers #FairContractNow #chicago #1u

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CPS Lunchroom Workers are demanding a contract that raises annual wages to at least $40,000 a year. No worker who prepares meals for Chicago students should have to choose between paying rent or buying groceries.
#CPSLunchroomWorkers #FairContractNow #chicago #1u

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Today is the Board of Education’s first meeting of the summer. As CPS leaders discuss the budget, lunchroom workers are sending a clear message: There should be NO budget that leaves lunchroom workers behind.

#CPSLunchroomWorkers #FairContractNow  #chicago #1u

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“We’re still in the fight,” said Alexis Camarena, a cook at Cesar Chavez Multicultural Academic Center in Back of the Yards. “I was cooking chicken before I came here — about 500 chicken drumsticks — and then I came right here. It’s that important to me.” https://t.co/nzGx0AOEVS
#CPS #Chicago #civildisobedience #unionstrong

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SEIU Local 1 stands in solidarity with @UniteHereLocal1 Lunchroom Workers, among the lowest paid full-time @ChiPubSchools workers. Lunchroom Workers feed your kids, and yet many need financial assistance in affording food themselves. This is unacceptable. FAIR WAGES NOW!!

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CPS lunchroom workers in the street and prepared to take arrest outside the Chicago Board of Education during today’s civil disobedience action, demanding equality and a fair contract.
#Equality #CPS #Lunchlady #Chicago #IU #ItsBetterInAUnion #CivilDisobedience

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HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of CPS lunchroom workers and supporters are
rallying at Daley Plaza before marching to the Chicago Board of Education for a
civil disobedience action demanding equality & a fair contract! #CPS
#Lunchlady #Chicago #1U #ItsBetterInAUnion #CivilDisobedience

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“The Chicago labor movement stands with CPS lunchroom workers as theydemand the fair pay and respect they deserve. These workers are essential to our schools and our city. The time is now for these workers to get a fair contract that recognizes their value and dignity,” - Don Villar, Secretary-Treasurer @chicagolabor

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“We’re being asked to wait while we continue to struggle to feed ourselves andour families. We can’t wait any longer.” – Kim Penson, CPS lunchroom cook, 21 years of service
#CPS #Lunchlady #Chicago #1U

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Lunch attendants starting wage is just $16.78, making them the lowest paid workers inside Chicago Public Schools. Workers have been without a fair contract since June 2025. That’s not equality!
#CPS #Lunchlady #Chicago #1U

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“This afternoon, lunch ladies will partake in a civil disobedience action in front of this building because they can’t wait any longer for equality.”

This morning, Cecilia Leiva, VP of the Executive Board of UNITE HERE Local 1 Union took the stand at the Board of Education on behalf of Chicago Public Schools lunchroom workers. Nearing a year without a contract, they continue to face hardships affording rent and food.

“This is disgraceful. We demand fairness and equality.”
#CPS #Lunchlady #Chicago #1U #CivilDisobedience