ADVISORY/Congress Hotel Strikers To Conduct Street Fashion Show.Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Fri. (Nov.28) CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 26, 2003 "Informational Panties pant·ie or pant·y n. pl. pant·ies Short underpants for women or children. Often used in the plural. [Diminutive of pant2. " will alert holiday shoppers to link between Liz Claiborne This article is about the corporation Liz Claiborne Inc. For the fashion designer who founded the company, see Liz Claiborne (fashion designer). Liz Claiborne Inc. and the Congress Hotel WHAT: Informational Panty Distribution and Street Fashion Show WHO: Congress Hotel Strikers & Supporters WHERE:Outside Marshall Field's Marshall Field's was an iconic Chicago, Illinois, department store that grew to become a major chain before being acquired by Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores on August 30, 2005. , 111 N. State Street WHEN: Friday, November 28 at 12 noon On the biggest shopping day of the year, striking workers from the Congress Plaza Hotel The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel with a height of 250 feet (76 m) and length of 400 feet that (122 m) occupies the west side of Grand Army Plaza, from which it derives its name, and extends along Central Park South in Manhattan. will take to the street to alert shoppers to the connection between popular clothing maker Liz Claiborne and the Congress Plaza Hotel. Striking workers, members of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees (HERE) Local 1, will hold up a giant panty-shaped banner, distribute informational panty-shaped leaflets and stage a street "fashion show" in front of Marshall Field's flagship store in downtown Chicago. In June, Liz Claiborne signed a licensing agreement with a partnership called Chelsea Design to manufacture the Liz Claiborne line of intimate apparel. Albert Nasser, a key investor in the Congress Hotel, is also the chairman of Gelmart Industries, a manufacturer of intimate apparel and a partner in Chelsea Design. "We think holiday shoppers should know who will be making their underwear," says Clare Fauke, HERE Local 1 spokesperson. "If Albert Nasser makes underwear like he runs the Congress Hotel, Liz Claiborne customers should think twice." Congress Hotel workers went on strike on June 15, after hotel management unilaterally u·ni·lat·er·al adj. 1. Of, on, relating to, involving, or affecting only one side: "a unilateral advantage in defense" New Republic. 2. slashed slash v. slashed, slash·ing, slash·es v.tr. 1. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes: slash a path through the underbrush. 2. wages, health insurance and other benefits. Since the strike, hundreds of customers have complained of poor customer service and health and safety violations. Visit the website: www.CongressHotelStrike.info |
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