Brynn Schaal is a writer living in Chicago. She recently wrote and produced a sketch show, Lakeview Girls, that premiered at the Annoyance Theatre in November 2023.
Unionized teachers at the famous improv-comedy institution the Second City went two years without a contract — until they threatened a strike and won an agreement this past January. We talked to three Second City faculty about the long contract fight.
In Uptown, one of Chicago’s most racially and economically diverse neighborhoods, a socialist named Angela Clay is running for city council. We spoke to Clay about her campaign.
The Chicago City Council’s Socialist Caucus has five members. Nick Ward wants to join them. We spoke to the socialist candidate about his campaign.
Workers at the Chicago nonprofit LGBTQ health provider Howard Brown say management has not prioritized what’s best for either patients or workers — and that they’re organizing a union to change that.
Baristas and other workers at multiple Colectivo Coffee locations in Wisconsin and Illinois are organizing a union. We spoke to a Colectivo worker about the working conditions under COVID-19 that spurred them to organize, allegations of union-busting, and the need for workers everywhere to “get over the fear that [unionizing] can’t be done.”