ILC Chicago
@ilcofchi.bsky.social
The Chicago chapter of the Independent Labor Club
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New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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Full press release from @mplsunions.bsky.social is here: minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
January 16, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Full press release from @mplsunions.bsky.social is here: minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
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Come out to Elastic Arts on Friday, January 23rd to stand (sing, and dance) with us in solidarity with Starbucks strikers! This benefit concert will raise vital funds to help restore Chicago area strikers’ lost wages. RSVP at tinyurl.com/concert4sbwu...
January 7, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Come out to Elastic Arts on Friday, January 23rd to stand (sing, and dance) with us in solidarity with Starbucks strikers! This benefit concert will raise vital funds to help restore Chicago area strikers’ lost wages. RSVP at tinyurl.com/concert4sbwu...
Join ILC Chicago for our first Game Day! Whether you enjoy light party games or serious strategy games, this event will have something for you. Anyone who is interested will also have the opportunity to learn how to play Go or Chess! Snacks will be provided. RSVP here: tinyurl.com/concert4sbwu...
January 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Join ILC Chicago for our first Game Day! Whether you enjoy light party games or serious strategy games, this event will have something for you. Anyone who is interested will also have the opportunity to learn how to play Go or Chess! Snacks will be provided. RSVP here: tinyurl.com/concert4sbwu...
Come out to Elastic Arts on Friday, January 23rd to stand (sing, and dance) with us in solidarity with Starbucks strikers! This benefit concert will raise vital funds to help restore Chicago area strikers’ lost wages. RSVP at tinyurl.com/concert4sbwu...
January 7, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Come out to Elastic Arts on Friday, January 23rd to stand (sing, and dance) with us in solidarity with Starbucks strikers! This benefit concert will raise vital funds to help restore Chicago area strikers’ lost wages. RSVP at tinyurl.com/concert4sbwu...
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I don't frequent Starbucks most of the year, but do stop in to get peppermint hot chocolate several times a week during the holiday season. It hasn't been hard to forego my beverages to support these folks.
Even if your store isn't unionized, it is a nationwide strike. There are other coffee shops.
Even if your store isn't unionized, it is a nationwide strike. There are other coffee shops.
Day THIRTY-NINE of our national ULP strike - and baristas are fired up, united, and taking action.
Our demands are clear: Starbucks needs to stop union busting and finalize a contract with the pay, hours, and protections we need to succeed. #NoContractNoCoffee
Our demands are clear: Starbucks needs to stop union busting and finalize a contract with the pay, hours, and protections we need to succeed. #NoContractNoCoffee
December 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I don't frequent Starbucks most of the year, but do stop in to get peppermint hot chocolate several times a week during the holiday season. It hasn't been hard to forego my beverages to support these folks.
Even if your store isn't unionized, it is a nationwide strike. There are other coffee shops.
Even if your store isn't unionized, it is a nationwide strike. There are other coffee shops.
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Starbucks workers are STILL on ULP strike in over 130 cities and growing. Support our fight for better pay, scheduling, and protections - as well as a resolution to all outstanding unfair labor practices - by NOT BUYING STARBUCKS at ANY location for the duration of our strike!
December 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Starbucks workers are STILL on ULP strike in over 130 cities and growing. Support our fight for better pay, scheduling, and protections - as well as a resolution to all outstanding unfair labor practices - by NOT BUYING STARBUCKS at ANY location for the duration of our strike!
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Good article!
At first glance, a general strike sounds impossible—but a strategic look back at the coordinated strikes and militancy of the past two decades shows we might be much closer than we think, writes @alexhan.bsky.social, executive director of @inthesetimes.com labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb... 1/2
Maybe a General Strike Isn’t So Impossible Now | Labor Notes
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December 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Good article!
Chicago ILC members are out here braving the cold all day and all night to support striking Starbucks workers during this week's 48hr Downtown Throwdown!
@sbworkersunited.org #solidarity #faircontractnow
@sbworkersunited.org #solidarity #faircontractnow
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Chicago ILC members are out here braving the cold all day and all night to support striking Starbucks workers during this week's 48hr Downtown Throwdown!
@sbworkersunited.org #solidarity #faircontractnow
@sbworkersunited.org #solidarity #faircontractnow
Check out this wonderful piece written by ILC Chicago member Amy Abeln for The Brooklyn Rail!
"A sign on a wall reads: Love Is Public Safety. The phrase sounds sentimental until you see the data. In neighborhoods where aid groups deliver daily, detentions drop."
brooklynrail.org/2025/12/fiel...
"A sign on a wall reads: Love Is Public Safety. The phrase sounds sentimental until you see the data. In neighborhoods where aid groups deliver daily, detentions drop."
brooklynrail.org/2025/12/fiel...
The Siege of Chicago | The Brooklyn Rail
On September 8, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security announced Operation Midway Blitz, a “major enforcement surge” targeting what officials described as “criminal illegal aliens.” Within two week...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Check out this wonderful piece written by ILC Chicago member Amy Abeln for The Brooklyn Rail!
"A sign on a wall reads: Love Is Public Safety. The phrase sounds sentimental until you see the data. In neighborhoods where aid groups deliver daily, detentions drop."
brooklynrail.org/2025/12/fiel...
"A sign on a wall reads: Love Is Public Safety. The phrase sounds sentimental until you see the data. In neighborhoods where aid groups deliver daily, detentions drop."
brooklynrail.org/2025/12/fiel...
Looking for a job is the worst, but you don't have to do it alone! Join us on Monday, December 15th, from 3-5pm at the Albany Park library for our next Job Hunting Workshop to learn how to apply for many jobs efficiently, build a targeted resume, and avoid scammers. RSVP: forms.gle/dQJR3XxzhoQ7...
December 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Looking for a job is the worst, but you don't have to do it alone! Join us on Monday, December 15th, from 3-5pm at the Albany Park library for our next Job Hunting Workshop to learn how to apply for many jobs efficiently, build a targeted resume, and avoid scammers. RSVP: forms.gle/dQJR3XxzhoQ7...
Good morning, comrades! Our December member meeting will be this Saturday, December 6th at 1:30 PM. RSVP here to receive location details: forms.gle/GfuUbHTgPybY... See you there!
December 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Good morning, comrades! Our December member meeting will be this Saturday, December 6th at 1:30 PM. RSVP here to receive location details: forms.gle/GfuUbHTgPybY... See you there!
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In the running for "Overreaction of the Year Award," CEO Brian Niccol has barricaded his office to avoid striking baristas getting anywhere near him.
No matter. We'll be waiting right out front when you're ready to talk, Brian!
No matter. We'll be waiting right out front when you're ready to talk, Brian!
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
In the running for "Overreaction of the Year Award," CEO Brian Niccol has barricaded his office to avoid striking baristas getting anywhere near him.
No matter. We'll be waiting right out front when you're ready to talk, Brian!
No matter. We'll be waiting right out front when you're ready to talk, Brian!
Starbucks workers are kicking off a super ambitious, and EXTREMELY IMPORTANT nation wide strike this Thursday. The success of this highly visible strike, in this political moment, is likely to determine whether other workers have the confidence to organize and strike in their own workplaces.
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Starbucks workers are kicking off a super ambitious, and EXTREMELY IMPORTANT nation wide strike this Thursday. The success of this highly visible strike, in this political moment, is likely to determine whether other workers have the confidence to organize and strike in their own workplaces.
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SAME
The most heartening thing about right now is the propensity of my neighbors to run towards trouble
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
SAME
Our next ILC Chicago member meeting will be on Sunday, November 16th at 2pm!
Non-members who would like to get involved are encouraged to attend, but we ask that everyone RSVP first. Location details will be shared with registrants a few days before the meeting.
RSVP: forms.gle/hdZXZN16XRT8...
Non-members who would like to get involved are encouraged to attend, but we ask that everyone RSVP first. Location details will be shared with registrants a few days before the meeting.
RSVP: forms.gle/hdZXZN16XRT8...
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Our next ILC Chicago member meeting will be on Sunday, November 16th at 2pm!
Non-members who would like to get involved are encouraged to attend, but we ask that everyone RSVP first. Location details will be shared with registrants a few days before the meeting.
RSVP: forms.gle/hdZXZN16XRT8...
Non-members who would like to get involved are encouraged to attend, but we ask that everyone RSVP first. Location details will be shared with registrants a few days before the meeting.
RSVP: forms.gle/hdZXZN16XRT8...
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If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS.
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS.
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
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BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
ILC Chicago members are invited to next month's Bowling Night and Friendsgiving Potluck! We'll be gathering at Timber Lanes on Sunday, November 23rd at 4pm. Families welcome! Learn more and RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
ILC Chicago members are invited to next month's Bowling Night and Friendsgiving Potluck! We'll be gathering at Timber Lanes on Sunday, November 23rd at 4pm. Families welcome! Learn more and RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The Chicago premiere of "Partners: How Starbucks Baristas Started a Labor Revolution" is today! Join us at Film Row Cinema at 6pm for this free screening, and to learn how you can you can support Starbucks workers as they gear up to launch a nation wide strike! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Chicago premiere of "Partners: How Starbucks Baristas Started a Labor Revolution" is today! Join us at Film Row Cinema at 6pm for this free screening, and to learn how you can you can support Starbucks workers as they gear up to launch a nation wide strike! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Simple resources for building worker power and exposing union-busting.
LaborLab Toolkit - LaborLab
Tools for Understanding and Exercising Your Right to Collectively Bargain Understanding the Union-Busting Industry Educational Videos This information is for educational purposes only and should not b...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Simple resources for building worker power and exposing union-busting.
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Last Wednesday was so popular, we're doing it again! We're hosting another whistle party this coming Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 6pm. Meet your friends and neighbors, help distribute whistles, and fold and pack instructional zines around the area. See you Wednesday the 12th at 6p.
November 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Last Wednesday was so popular, we're doing it again! We're hosting another whistle party this coming Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 6pm. Meet your friends and neighbors, help distribute whistles, and fold and pack instructional zines around the area. See you Wednesday the 12th at 6p.
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This @sbworkersunited.org documentary is premiering in Chicago this week! Tickets and snacks are free, and the director and an organizer will be there for a post-screening Q&A! Register today: forms.gle/yWvMYuBdHpym...
November 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This @sbworkersunited.org documentary is premiering in Chicago this week! Tickets and snacks are free, and the director and an organizer will be there for a post-screening Q&A! Register today: forms.gle/yWvMYuBdHpym...