Lawyer Jim messenger law clinic

We will be hosting a special guest at our regular meeting this Wed, April 1st at 6:00. Lawyer Jim Freeman will be giving a talk on messengers and the law. He will be covering workers compensation, what to do if you are involved in an accident, traffic laws, and how the Chicago Messenger Ordinance affects us. Lawyer Jim has been a good friend of the messenger community for years. He is currently representing members of the CCU in multiple cases. I have been a messenger for over 5 years, and I learned a couple of things that surprised me just in a short conversation with Jim while we were setting this up. Make sure you don't miss this one.
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Last Minute Meeting...

Today, Thursday, March 26th, at 6 p.m. Meet at the Goldstar(1755 West Division - Division/Wood). The CCU will have a special guest to answer most, if not all, of our questions. He is a Labor Lawyer and we will be talking about labor issues in the courier industry, and probably focusing on trying to get NICA out of Chicago. Spread the word as best you can. Thanks.

When and Where?

The Chicago Couriers Union(CCU) meets on the first and third Wednesday every month at 6:00pm at the U.E. Hall, 37 S. Ashland.

Goods and Welfare

Thank you chrome and thank you to everyone who helped make this happen. The Blue Frog is located at 676 N. Lasalle.

Who We are ~

The Chicago Couriers Union (CCU) is a union for all messengers. We are bikers, drivers, dispatchers, walkers, office workers, and internal messengers. Together we are building this union from the ground up, and we need your to help make this industry a better place to work. We are striving to establish control over the acceptable working standards in this industry – fair wages and working conditions, job security, dignity, and respect. But even more importantly, we are actively building a network of solidarity whose members look out for each other no matter what. We say that an injury to any one of us is an injury to all of us. We understand that by organizing across the industry and sticking together we can accomplish more than we ever could alone. That is what we mean when we say “union” – not high dues or contributions to politicians, not corruption and union bureaucracy. In the CCU, we are the union. It’s not an outside agency, but rather an organization of workers coming together to think about our needs and desires, our interests at work, and collectively working to achieve those things. With the amount of turnover in the messenger industry, we need a fluid and flexible organization, and the CCU provides that – you carry your CCU membership with you to any company (even if you leave the industry, you can stay a member of the union). The union is built across the industry, with branches in each company, where they are responding to grievances and working to build up the union at that particular workplace. Unlike most unions, you don’t have to wait for the boss and the union to bargain out your membership, nor are you ever forced to join. The invitation to join our union is open to all workers in the messenger industry who want to see change and to fight for it.