Albert Pick III, whose father owned a major hotel chain, was an investment executive and philanthropist who held leadership positions with the Union League Club of Chicago and the Notebaert Nature ...

The hotel was renamed the Congress Hotel in 1911. The Elizabethan Room became the Joseph Urban Room – which featured a revolving bandstand and became home to an NBC Radio show fearing Benny ...

The Pick-Congress participated in the citywide pact with the hotel union and had good enough relations with unions that it served as the founding site for the Coalition of Labor Union Women in 1974.

A 10-year strike at the Congress Plaza hotel in downtown Chicago, believed to be the longest hotel strike in history, has ended. An attorney for the hotel said Unite Here Local 1, the union represe… ...

10-Year Strike at Chicago’s Congress Hotel Ends in Defeat, But Leaves a Legacy Micah Uetricht May 31, 2013. Picketers in front of the Congress in 2007.

A hotel in Chicago earned the top spot in Illinois. According to Travel and Leisure magazine , The Congress Plaza Hotel is the scariest place in the state. The hotel is located at 520 S. Michigan Ave.

The sign atop the historic Congress Plaza Hotel joins more modern architecture along Michigan Ave. Thursday, May 30, 2013, in Chicago. Striking workers at the downtown Chicago hotel are making an ...

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Downtown is getting a new café … right next to a horde of striking hotel employees. Despite city opposition and an ongoing strike, Congress Plaza Hotel on S. Michigan Ave. will finally obtain a ...