Extra Extra: Groups Protest End Of CTA Apprenticeship Program
By Chuck Sudo in News on Dec 13, 2013 12:00AM
- A host of community groups descended on CTA headquarters to protest the end of the apprenticeship program where ex-offenders worked cleaning rail cars. [Sun-Times]
- CTA released a statement supporting the protests and called out Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308 president Robert Kelly, who they say wanted the program to end. [Inbox]
- The fundraising plan to restore Essanay Studios was scrapped after St. Augustine College, which owns the building, decided to stop funding the project. [DNAInfo Chicago]
- The Blue Cross Blue Shield building's current light display is a tribute to the man who helped design those displays over the years. [Tribune]
- The Chicago area was home to several WWII POW camps. [WBEZ's Curious City]
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