Protest Rally
Fired Sun-Times Photographers Protest Outside Newspaper
Sun-Times photojournalists who were fired last week staged a protest rally – along with some of their family members, former colleagues and other supporters – outside the newspaper’s offices in the River North neighborhood on Thursday.
Activists Fear Roseland Hospital’s Financial Troubles Will Prompt Closure
Activists have raised questions about the future of a South Side hospital, due to financial troubles.
Protests Against School Closings Continue
Parents and other community members met outside a West Side school Friday morning, in an effort to make sure Chicago Public Schools officials and the mayor hear what they have to say about the closing of 49 elementary schools.
9-Year-Old Takes On Mayor At School Closings Rally
A 3rd grader from the South Side has become an Internet sensation, after delivering a rousing speech at a rally against school closings earlier this week.
Nursing Home Workers Protest Medicaid Spending Cuts
Hundreds of nursing home staff members and others rallied outside the Thompson Center on Monday, trying to fend off new cuts for medical services.
DCFS Workers Rally Downtown To Protest Layoffs
A few hundred employees of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services rallied in front of the Thompson Center this afternoon, protesting layoffs at the agency.
Teachers’ March Targets Pritzker Family; Disrupts Traffic Downtown
Thousands of striking teachers and their supporters were marching down Michigan Avenue on Thursday, after rallying outside a hotel owned by the billionaire family of a Chicago Board of Education member.
Thousands Of Striking Teachers, Supporters Rally Downtown
Thousands of public school teachers and their supporters have flooded downtown streets Monday afternoon, for a rally in front of Chicago Public Schools headquarters on the first day of the city’s first teachers’ strike in 25 years.
Chicago College Student Leads Small Anti-Violence Protest At City Hall
The sound level was high, but the impact yet to be determined, as a college junior collected about 15 supporters outside City Hall, leading a rally against the city’s violence problems, as activists donned T-shirts reading “Enough, Chicago.”
Rev. Jackson Leads Rally Calling For Assault Weapons Ban
The Rev. Jesse Jackson led a group of nearly 100 people who picketed outside of a River North movie theater on Saturday, calling for a ban on the sale and possession of assault weapons.
Activists Slam Use Of TIF Money For Park At West Loop Tower
Dozens of protesters rallied at the site of a new West Loop office development along the Chicago River on Tuesday, upset that taxpayers’ money is supporting the construction.
Protesters Rally Outside NATO Summit After March From Grant Park
Thousands of anti-NATO activists were staging a rally outside McCormick Place during the NATO summit Sunday afternoon, after marching from Grant Park.
Nurses, Veterans Furious With City’s Changes To NATO Protests
Is the city of Chicago double-crossing demonstrators planning protests during the weekend of the NATO summit? That’s what protest organizers are charging, claiming the city is going back on its word on where and how two big marches will conclude.
City Tells Nurses To Move NATO Protest To Grant Park
After learning their protest rally could be much larger than originally anticipated, city officials have told National Nurses United that they must change the route of their march to avoid the Loop.
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