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Chicago Service Workers End Strike After 18 Days
Over 2,500 service workers in the Chicago area agreed to end the longest strike in their union s 100-year history with a contract that includes an 8.5% pay raise over four years.
Members of the Chicago Teachers Union march in solidarity with Service Employees International Union Local 73 organizers in the Chicago Loop on Tuesday to celebrate the end of an 18-day strike and demand better conditions for workers nationwide. (Courthouse News photo/ Dave Byrnes)
CHICAGO (CN) After 18 days on the picket line, workers with Chicago’s Service Employees International Union Local 73 reached a deal to return to work Tuesday.
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Strike by Cook County and Chicago workers in danger of another SEIU sellout
The strike by 2,500 public sector workers in the Chicago area is continuing into its third week with no public updates made between the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73 and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. The union claimed to be “bargaining into the night” but offered no details.
Striking Cook County, IL health care workers outside of John Stroger Hospital in Chicago, IL. [WSWS Media]
Striking workers are in direct conflict with the Democratic Party, which has controlled the state of Illinois, Cook County and Chicago for decades, and has implemented austerity policies that have gutted public services and wages of state, county and municipal workers with the support of unions like the SEIU.
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