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The 2005 CCU Campaign: How a few bike couriers made Chicago history (and got a raise)

The 2005 CCU Campaign: How a few bike couriers made Chicago history (and got a raise)

  • August 8, 2019
  • MK Lees

This article, written in 2005, describes the explosive organizing then happening at one of the Chicago’s biggest messenger companies

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