The laid-off workers rallying outside the skyscraper formerly known as the John Hancock Center to demand pay and benefits Wednesday held up signs listing how many years they had worked at the Signature Room, the iconic Chicago restaurant that abruptly closed Sept. 28. Bartender Jesus Abelar’s had the highest number. “46 años,” it read. No one hinted the 95th floor restaurant and its 96th floor .
The union representing more than 100 laid-off employees of the Signature Room and Signature Lounge filed a lawsuit Monday alleging employees weren’t given proper notice of the layoffs. The Signature Room at the 95th and the Signature Lounge at the 96th, iconic venues near the top of the Magnificent Mile skyscraper formerly known as the John Hancock Center, shuttered abruptly last Thursday. The .