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Hospitality On Hold: How One Timeless Uptown Diner Was Interrupted By The Pandemic HealthLabor

Hospitality On Hold: How One Timeless Uptown Diner Was Interrupted By The Pandemic

With insufficient federal financial relief, restaurants like Uptown's Golden House have had to lay off staff, adapt to constantly changing policies, risk their health daily and make painful decisions in an effort to stay open.
and March 22, 2021
housing, tenants, residents, rights, eviction, pandemicApril Alonso for Borderless Magazine/ CatchLight Local Chicago
In Little Village, An Immigrant-Led Artists’ Commune Resists as Developer Seeks Eviction Arts & CultureImmigration PolicyLabor

In Little Village, An Immigrant-Led Artists’ Commune Resists as Developer Seeks Eviction

In the midst of a housing crisis that has left immigrant renters among the most vulnerable, a group of immigrant punk rock musicians are fighting to stay at a commercial building they’ve called home for years.
February 24, 2021
essential worker, protestFrancisco Velazquez/Borderless Magazine
‘We Just Want What We Deserve’: Former Strauss Meatpacking Employees Protest Unsafe Working Conditions During COVID  InvestigationLabor

‘We Just Want What We Deserve’: Former Strauss Meatpacking Employees Protest Unsafe Working Conditions During COVID 

Workers say they were fired after complaining about the lack of coronavirus safety measures. Over 17,000 COVID-19 cases have been reported among meat and poultry workers in the United States.
September 16, 2020