the living wage campaign at city council

The Chicago case study features the Grassroots Collaborative, a multi-issue coalition dominated by community organizations and involving two Service Employees International union locals. Find out more about the collaborative at www.thegrassrootscollaborative.org.

The study documents the collaborative and the United Food and Commercial Workers struggle with Wal-Mart in Chicago, first through the “No Wal-Mart” campaign from 2003-2004, and then through the big box living wage campaign from 2005-6.