This story is eerily similiar to the end of the strike for workers at the old H&H Bagels.

I'm sure the union stewards were making the same $200.00 a week that the workers were. Wink wink.

"The decision to end the Congress strike was a hard one, but it is the right time for the union and the strikers to move on," Unite Here Local 1 President Henry Tamarin said in a statement. "The boycott has effectively and dramatically reduced the hotel’s business. ... There is no more to do there."

The next step is still in question. Many of the 130 workers that originally went on strike have found new jobs or crossed the picket line and returned to work at Congress Plaza. If any strikers choose to come back to Congress as part of the "unconditional" return, terms call for them to be paid the same as they did more than a decade ago.

Tamarin said when the strike started, the standard wage for room attendants was $8.83 per hour -- a wage contract workers still make. The city wide standard for room attendants is now $16.40 an hour, he said.

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Well, now you know who to thank for that.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Is that why this hotel is so awful? No maids for 10 years?

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Great location. looks like a dump.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Insult to dumps. I'd rather sleep in Grant park.

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I think it's been longer than 10 yrs. When I went to Columbia they were protesting.