Chicago
With union support, Chicago civilian board to exercise increased control over police
July 27, 2021Labor backers included the Chicago Teachers Union, Service Employees Local 73, and SEIU Healthcare.
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Chicago adopts plan for increased community control of the police
July 23, 2021Seen as a major victory for those who link safe streets to community control of law enforcement.
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Chicago rallies for community control, ‘first step in abolishing police terror’
June 25, 2021Community control is a strategic move, organizer Frank Chapman says. “It’s the first step to abolishing the whole system of police terror.”
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Chicago ordinance bringing laid-off hotel workers back to work stalls
May 28, 2021Union says workers who lost jobs due to the pandemic must be the first to be called back.
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Another mass protest in Chicago over Israeli attacks on Palestinians
May 20, 2021On the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba, the Palestinian Catastrophe, Windy City people take to the streets in protest.
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