Chicago JWJ

Join Chicago Federation of Labor and allies in a rally against the recent anti-union decisions by the National Labor Relations Board.

Regional NLRB offices
Rookery Building
209 S. LaSalle St., Chicago

Read more about the decisions in our article NLRB Racing to Erode Workers' Rights.

Support workers at Smithfield Packing in Tar Heel, N.C.

Chicago Theatre, 175 S. State St.

Celebrity chef Paula Deen has ignored the workers from the Tar Heel N.C. packing plant of her sponsor Smithfield Foods who have faced years of anti-union campaigns. Now you can join other supporters of these workers in greeting Paula Deen on her visit to Chicago.

Immigration, Worker Rights, And Globalization
Economic Justice in the 21st Century

333 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago

Dr. Gabriela Lemus, Executive Director of the Labor Coalition for Latin American Advancement and a member of the USLEAP board of directors, will speak about the challenges of organizing for worker rights in a political climate that promotes unfettered economic globalization, while punishing the immigrant workers who are the result of those economic policies.

450 N. Cityfront Plaza Dr., Chicago
Map: http://tinyurl.com/3bpqoc

Help pressure the University of Chicago to offer campus clerical
and service and maintenance workers a fair contract. Join Students Organizing United with Labor (SOUL) this Friday at a rally at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center.

Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago
Auditorium Building, Room #320

Organized by Chicago Center for Working Class Studies.