Chicago Hospitality Accountability & Advocacy Database

The CHAAD project is an organization created by and for hospitality workers in Chicago to advance accountability and end labor abuses within the industry.

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This Toolkit is a practical, community-informed resource designed to help restaurants and bars protect their workers in moments of heightened ICE activity. Built from strategies shared at CHAAD’s citywide town hall in the fall of 2025, the guide outlines clear steps for safety planning, internal communication, rapid-response coordination, and employee support. It equips hospitality workplaces with the tools, protocols, and neighborhood networks needed to keep staff safe, strengthen collective defense, and ensure our industry stands united in caring for the people who make it run.

  • About CHAAD

    The CHAAD project is an organization created by and for hospitality workers in Chicago to advance accountability and end labor abuses within the industry.

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Has anyone else experienced retaliation like this? Employers have power over our schedules, budgets, and overall livelihoods. They can make it difficult when setting boundaries at work. We're creating a space for workers to share their experience
Don’t sleep on our upcoming Summer of Solidarity Market + Mutual Aid drive! It will be at @orkenoy from 1-7pm on 5/29. Bring in menstrual products for cook county corrections and baby diapers for newly arrived immigrant families and receive ra
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This work is highly emotional. We are expected to be there for every birthday, anniversary, birth, death, breakup, and more but we aren't given half of the grace expected of us. How can this industry show up better for workers? How can we show up bet