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Then-Mayor Richard M. Daley “saw this as an opportunity to show a city that does work — not a city that crumbles under the pressure of protesters," said Leslie Fox, executive director of the 1996 convention's host committee. "The stakes were pretty high.”
The transit workers union wants the agency to stop using the $15.80-an-hour apprentices on crews who scrub exteriors of L cars using an acid-based cleaner.
A national unity government can save democracy and the economy
Metra's board of directors on Wednesday approved a pilot program for a Regional Day Pass, which would offer unlimited rides on the three systems on a given day.