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Associated Press - June 15, 2009 7:24 PM ET
CHICAGO (AP) - Politicians turned out to mark the sixth anniversary of a labor strike at a downtown Chicago hotel.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn was the keynote speaker at a rally in front of the Congress Plaza Hotel on Chicago's Michigan Avenue.
The event also attracted Chicago aldermen, Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown and state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (jeh-NOO'-lee-ehs), who is considering a U.S. Senate run.
Workers at the hotel are demanding better wages and benefits.
An attorney for the hotel says the workers want more than the hotel has offered. The hotel continues to operate despite the ongoing strike.
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