A group of approximately 20 demonstrators Wednesday protested the potential sale of all or some of the Tribune Company to the Koch brothers, Charles, 77, and David, 72, the billionaire industrialists and supporters of conservative causes.
According
to protesters, if the Kansas-native Koch brothers were to own the
Chicago-based multimedia corporation, right-wing propaganda will be
pushed through mainstream media.
Activists protested outside of
the Tribune Tower, at 435 North Michigan Ave., and attempted to deliver a
letter to Bruce Karsh, chairman of the board for the Tribune Company,
asking him to intervene on the potential sale. Karsh is also the owner
of Oaktree Capital Management LP, the Tribune Company’s largest shareholder.
“People
need independent, objective, daily journalism that they can trust—not
libertarian propaganda,” the letter addressed to Karsh, who was elected
chairman in January, reads. Read more »
Minimum wage workers in Illinois must work 82 hours per week — more than double the hours of a standard work week — and 52 weeks a year, in order to afford to rent a safe, reasonable apartment unit, according to a recent 
Some McDonald’s student guestworkers held a teach-in at the chain’s flagship store today in River North to show their solidarity
for organizing Chicago fast-food workers and to expose the threats of
deportation and severe exploitation they say they have faced at the hands of the company.
Chicago workers braved frigid temperatures and a strong wind Tuesday
to make their voices heard by downtown businesses offering low wages and
the impact that has on the violence plaguing their communities.
Hundreds of Chicagoans marched down the Magnificent Mile
Thursday, chanting, carrying signs, and demanding a higher wage for downtown’s service
industry and retail workers.