Arise Chicago Press Coverage
Introduction
Check out recent press coverage of Arise members and ongoing workplace campaigns:
- Arise supported workers at El Milagro tortillas factory after they learned a co-worker died from Covid-19
- Arise supported workers who walked out of Cicero’s United Scrap Metal after a co-worker died from Covid-19, and who want to organize for better protections
- Domestic worker and board member Maggiewas featured on WBEZ talking about struggling to make ends meet after losing all her cleaning jobs; and her story is highlighted in a Sun Times Op Ed by US Rep Jan Schakowsky
- Arise organizer Maritere supported workers at LSL Healthcare who make masks and other healthcare supplies to walk off the job demanding better protections after a coworker died from Covid-19.
- Arise Chicago helped shape and signed on to the Op Ed in Jacobin by ally Partners for Dignity and Rights highlighting the best ways for workers to protect their health-- leaving dangerous conditions, and demanding a collective voice to determine workplace health and safety themselves.