Extra Extra: Another Minimum Wage Strike Planned For Thursday
By Chuck Sudo in News on Sep 2, 2014 11:00PM
- Another national strike and protest by fast food workers for a $15 hourly minimum wage is planned for Thursday and some of the workers are ready to be arrested to show their commitment to the cause. [Tribune, Inbox]
- An employee at an Oak Forest bar lost an eye during an argument where a female customer threw a high-heeled shoe at him last month. [Southtown Star]
- Former Bears long-snapper Patrick Mannelly made his debut as midday co-host on The Score today by criticizing the Bears' decision to let Lance Briggs skip practice to open a restaurant in California Monday. [Sun-Times]
- WBBM Newsradio's Felicia Middlebrooks and Pat Cassidy remain the city's top-rated morning radio team. [Robert Feder]
- Rainbow Beach's victory gardens are thriving. [ABC 7]
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