Hundreds rally for 'union power' in support of Shedd workers contract fight

Union workers from across the country flooded the lawn outside the Shedd Aquarium Wednesday in support of its union’s fight for a contract. Several hundred union members, in town for the national conference of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, chanted and cheered as speakers riled up the crowd demanding Shedd management agree to a contract with better pay and benefits for the Shedd Workers United union. Shedd workers moved to form a union in 2024 as part of a…