On Strike
March 23rd, 2006 by Andy
Our class this afternoon was to get on a bus and go deliver a list of signatures to the Hotel Lobbyist people. We then marched six blocks to walk the picket line with unfairly treated hotel workers (on strike for 2.5) in front of the Congress Hotel on North Michigan Ave. You see, Illinois passed a law last year requiring Hotel workers to be given two 15 minute breaks and a half hour unpaid break on a 7+ hour day. Oh, and they need to be provided safe drinking water and a place to sit on break. The Hotel lobbyist think this is unreasonable so they have filed a lawsuit and have received an injunction against the law.
Talk about a teaching moment…
It was so enlightening to be marching in that picket line and watching the security/police officers get really nervous and start blocking the door way. And to see the renewed hope on the faces of the strikers at being noticed by the management for the first time in a long time. I’m still processing this experience… stay tuned…
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