CHICAGO (CBS) --Despite the call for a strike during Monday's morning rush, many cab drivers were still picking up fares. WBBM Newsradio's Brandis Friedman spoke to some of the cabbies who joined ...

Part of the reason for the mixed results likely is that UTCC represents only 700 of the 12,000 cabbies in Chicago. Some cab drivers said they weren't even aware of an effort to organize a strike ...

Workers at 25 hotels in downtown Chicago went on strike Friday to demand year-round health care as they negotiate new contracts, marking the first time their union has called a citywide hotel strike.

The 26th hotel to be affected by the strike in Chicago was the Cambria Hotel in Streeterville Tuesday. Workers were heard chanting "shut it down" as they marched through the highly trafficked area ...

Cab drivers made good on their promise of a 24-hour strike Sunday because of frustration over fares. They're asking for a 16 percent fare increase citing difficult economic conditions.

Danny Ecker is a reporter covering commercial real estate for Crain's Chicago Business, with a focus on offices, hotels and megaprojects shaping the local property sector. He joined Crain’s in ...

Workers are striking at 25 downtown hotels, including the Hyatt Regency, JW Marriott and Sheraton Grand Chicago, according to the hotel workers union, Unite Here Local 1. clock CST_ ...

The citywide hotel strike is down to three hotels after workers represented by Unite Here Local 1 ratified a contract with the Crowne Plaza. Unite Here announced the news today on Twitter.

The Chicago hotel workers strike that began earlier this month isn't over yet, but it came closer to a resolution on Wednesday after the workers, who are represented by the Unite Here union ...