Professor Bruno quoted in Chicago Reader | Bosses Beware

Compass Levy workers strike outside the United Center in March 2023. About 290 hospitality workers have unionized with Unite Here Local 1 since March 2022. Credit: Courtesy Unite Here Local 1

The Chicago Reader says Chicago’s service and cultural workers are unionizing like never before. Professor Bruno weighs in. Read the article here. “They felt like their employers didn’t give a damn,” Bruno says. “For a while, maybe they got some hazard pay, maybe they were called heroes. But then the pandemic ends [and] the hazard … Read more

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