Chicago workers push for union representation, more protections
Chicago museum workers, brewers, tortilla makers and more are demanding their employers provide better benefits and support.
By Lynnea DomienikChicago workers push for union representation, more protections
Chicago museum workers, brewers, tortilla makers and more are demanding their employers provide better benefits and support.
By Lynnea Domienik
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Reset checks in with a labor law professor and an organizer about how the pandemic has affected the labor market and people’s desires for conditions to change.
GUESTS: Laura Garza, Arise Chicago’s Worker Center director
Michael LeRoy, professor of labor law at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Clarification: Arise Chicago says that El Milagro employees are not currently seeking union representation but have formed a committee to present demands to management.