The Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, a Pritzker family hotel in Chicago with rooms listed at about $500 a night, hosted a Democratic Socialists of America panel on the group’s 2026 program, Workers Deserve More, on Friday. The conference has been held at this Hyatt every year since at least 2022. Outside, UNITE HERE Local 1 […] The post A $500-a-Night Hotel, a Socialist Panel, and Workers on the Picket Line appeared first on StoneZone .
The Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, a Pritzker family hotel in Chicago with rooms listed at about $500 a night, hosted a Democratic Socialists of America panel on the group’s 2026 program, Workers Deserve More, on Friday. The conference has been held at this Hyatt every year since at least 2022. Outside, UNITE HERE Local 1 hotel workers picketed in work uniforms. Signs read “No contract.” The panel was part of Socialism 2026, a four-day conference organized by Haymarket Books at the same hotel. Organizers advertised thousands of attendees and more than 100 sessions, including discussions of Marxism. The New York Post put attendance at more than 2,000. On-site standard tickets were $155. Rooms at the four-star hotel listed around…Open
Flight attendants at Canada's second-largest airline launched a strike over a pay dispute on Sunday, grounding more than 300 flights and stranding travelers at the height of summer. The Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents 4,400 cabin crew members at WestJet, announced the work stoppage on its Facebook page. WestJet confirmed it canceled more […] The post WestJet flight attendants walk off the job, canceling more than 300 flights across Canada appeared first on American Almanac .
Flight attendants at Canada's second-largest airline launched a strike over a pay dispute on Sunday, grounding more than 300 flights and stranding travelers at the height of summer. The Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents 4,400 cabin crew members at WestJet, announced the work stoppage on its Facebook page. WestJet confirmed it canceled more than 300 flights as of early Sunday and said it could not operate any scheduled service on its Boeing 737 or 787 aircraft, the backbone of its fleet. The airline said travelers would be refunded or moved to other flights. The walkout centers on a straightforward question: whether flight attendants should be paid for work they perform on the ground before and after flights. The union…Open
Thousands of cooks, dishwashers, concessions workers, bartenders and servers at SoFi Stadium are threatening to picket, citing insufficient pay, erosion of jobs, and plans for ICE to be at the games.
(NewsNation) — Border czar Tom Homan is blaming “political warfare” for some of the bad press regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Speaking to Chris Cuomo, Homan said “stone cold lies” are being spread about ICE in an attempt to boost the Democrats’ chances in the midterms. Homan’s appearance on “CUOMO” follows the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in New Jersey becoming a flashpoint for clashes between federal immigration officers and demonstrators protesting conditions inside the federal facility that have reportedly led to a multiday hunger and labor strike by hundreds of migrants. “A lot of these complaints are stone cold lies … there’s a huge effort to put out false information about ICE because…
(NewsNation) — Border czar Tom Homan is blaming “political warfare” for some of the bad press regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Speaking to Chris Cuomo, Homan said “stone cold lies” are being spread about ICE in an attempt to boost the Democrats’ chances in the midterms. Homan’s appearance on “CUOMO” follows the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in New Jersey becoming a flashpoint for clashes between federal immigration officers and demonstrators protesting conditions inside the federal facility that have reportedly led to a multiday hunger and labor strike by hundreds of migrants. “A lot of these complaints are stone cold lies … there’s a huge effort to put out false information about ICE because…
Details are still emerging about the contract reached after a three-day strike that shut down America’s busiest passenger rail service. But the fallout could be felt for years.
On Monday's "Bianca Across The Nation," New York gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman responded to Gov. Kathy Hochul blaming President Donald Trump for the Long Island Railroad Strike.
