Chicago Hospitality Accountability

& Advocacy Database

Accountability is love.

  • 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
We’re kicking off summer with a solidarity market and mutual aid drive! Together with @survivorsknow , @orkenoy and @coquetel_spirits we will be fundraising for CHAAD + SK project initiatives and @advancingjusticechicago for AAPI month. There
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
We are powerful! It is only through our labor establishments are able to create a profit. #nochef
The undeniable truth of service charges is that without accountability, there is nothing stopping businesses from manipulating funds. The profit comes from YOUR labor.
Ope, sorry! We're breaking down these Midwest social norms and exposing the ugly truths behind them. How does the Midwest Nice show up in restaurants? #midwest
We still have office hour slots open. We've been building out resources and a network to connect workers to the tools they need to create change. Sign up with the link in our bio!