Saturday, April 9, 2011

Thousands rally in Chicago’s Daley Plaza for union rights. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Thousands rally in Chicago’s Daley Plaza for union rights. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Thousands rally in Chicago’s Daley Plaza for union rights.

It was a perfect Saturday for a march.

Let me first point out that there was a large turnout from the Klonsky family. Local 1.

Teachers gathered in front of the Hyatt Regency Hotel where members of UNITE HERE have been in a negotiating dispute with the Pritzker family owned hotels for two years.

Illinois Federation President Dan Montgomery, Illinois Education Association President Ken Swanson and UNITE HERE Local 1 President Henry Tamarin greeted the crowd.

Swanson took note of the fact that the IEA RA in March had pulled out of the Hyatt Regency O’Hare. We are