Hundreds of Illinois letter carriers and their allies rallied at
Federal Plaza Sunday in support of six-day mail delivery while also
calling on U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to step down from his post.
Occupy Chicago says thousands of protesters will go to Chicago next week
before the city hosts the NATO summit, May 20 and 21. While Chicago
Mayor Rahm Emanuel views the summit as raising Chicago’s profile, Occupy
thinks the event will call attention to their concerns and invigorate the Occupy Wall Street movement that started last fall.
National Nurses United members said today that they plan to file a
legal challenge with the city of Chicago, after the city told them to
change their rally destination for a Friday, May 18 protest, prior to
Chicago hosting the NATO summit May 20 and 21.
“We are
prepared to seek injunctive relief in federal court,” said Jan Rodolfo (right in photo),
the Midwest director of National Nurses United at a press conference
outside City Hall. Read more »
National Nurses United members said today that they plan to file a
legal challenge with the city of Chicago, after the city told them to
change their rally destination for a Friday, May 18 protest, prior to
Chicago hosting the NATO summit May 20 and 21.