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Don't We All Deserve A Chance at the American Dream?

Arletta Pearson

Workers deserve a fair chance to unite with their co-workers for better wages and benefits and a chance to create a better future for their kids.

Help Make Sure All Workers Have the Freedom to Form a Union

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Musician Tom Morello Joins SEIU Local 1 to Call for Equal Rights for All Workers

Press Conference with Tom Morello

Musician Tom Morello joined SEIU and other local immigrant rights and labor rights leaders to highlight the importance of reforming our broken immigration system and rebuilding the American Dream for all workers.  Chicago is the final stop on Morello’s Justice Tour, which spotlights local activism and celebrates social justice through music.

"The Justice Tour is proud to partner with SEIU for this May Day celebration and rally. Workers rights and human rights are absolutely inseparable and the struggle for dignity in the workplace is the struggle for a more humane and just world," said Tom Morello, the groundbreaking electric guitarist for Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave, who performs acoustic folk as The Nightwatchman.

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Hundreds of Security Officers Rally for a Safe Chicago

Aldermen, State Legislators and Religious Leaders Join the Call for Downtown Commercial Landlords to Protect Chicagosecurity officers rally
More than 300 security officers and supporters rallied Saturday and marched through downtown to call on owners and managers of commercial office buildings to protect Chicago by investing in security. 

“Security officers are expected to know how to protect the public and the valuable buildings where we work – which is a lot of responsibility – but we aren’t valued,” said Teresa Sanchez, who has been a security officer at 161 N. Clark for 10 years.  “How can Chicago expect to keep good officers who take their jobs seriously, if we don’t reward them equal to their responsibility?”