The Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau on Thursday will unveil its most comprehensive advertising campaign in recent memory, aiming for a bold pitch to markets within driving distance across the Midwest. The centerpiece of the $2.3 million campaign will be television and online ads to launch Jan. 9 in Indianapolis, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Detroit and Cincinnati.
A leading voice in Chicago's labor community has criticized Chicago officials for recommending sweeping changes to operations at McCormick Place without input from unions at the convention center.
Dennis Gannon, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, says interim officials at the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, known as McPier, unilaterally and unfairly burdened workers by endorsing legislation that would, among other things, define them as public employees and deny them the right to strike.
"It is disappointing that the MPEA interim board made its recommendations today without input from representatives of the union members at McCormick Place," Gannon said in a statement. Read more...
