labor Archives – South Side Weekly

Traveling Exhibit at Chicago Public Libraries Honors History of Black Steelworkers

by Dierdre Robinson February 27, 2025March 7, 2025

Highlights include three Black steelworkers who founded unions and fought for workers’ rights.

What Makes Day Labor so Difficult for Chicago Migrants

by Erika Pérez and City Bureau February 21, 2025February 21, 2025

Haircuts, Tattoos and Punch: Newly Arrived Migrants are Using Creativity and Cultures to Overcome Work Barriers

by Abena Bediako and City Bureau February 21, 2025February 21, 2025

Board of Education fiasco and East Coast ports end strike

by The Editors October 11, 2024October 11, 2024

Labor, Latest, Politics

Board of Elections Warehouse Workers Allege Poor Treatment

by Michelle Yang February 29, 2024February 29, 2024

Notes

Illinois workers owed back wages and MAT Asphalt settlement

by The Editors January 19, 2024January 19, 2024

Labor

Workers Put Pressure on CTA to Improve Working Conditions

by Reema Saleh October 24, 2023October 27, 2023

Labor

Trabajadores de Amazon siguen unidos a pesar de la expansión de bodegas en Chicago

by Jacqueline Serrato May 5, 2022May 6, 2022

Labor

Chicago Amazon Workers Remain Undivided and Unconquered

by Jacqueline Serrato May 4, 2022May 6, 2022

Labor, Stage & Screen

Screening Solidarity

by Juan Caicedo December 7, 2016December 6, 2016