Chicago Hotel Workers Authorize Strike

If you have reservations at one of the five Starwood hotels in downtown Chicago -- the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Westin Michigan Avenue, W Chicago Lakeshore, W Chicago City Center, and the Tremont Hotel -- you might want to have a backup plan just in case hotel workers move forward on a strike authorized last night. So far the talk of a strike remains as a "negotiating tactic," but an actual strike is not out of the question. Union workers are at odds with new guidelines regarding health insurance benefits, which they say will result in decreased coverage. Read the full story.