Signature Room owner shuffled assets to avoid paying laid-off workers, lawsuit alleges

An owner of the Signature Room shuffled its assets around to avoid paying workers who were abruptly laid off when the iconic ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Former Signature Room workers protest restaurant’s abrupt closure, seek back pay

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Signature Room restaurant and lounge close after decades in former Hancock Center

The Signature Room at the 95th and the Signature Lounge at the 96th, iconic Chicago venues that held sweeping views of the city from the near-top of the Magnificent Mile skyscraper formerly known as ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Signature Room closure: Former workers rally, alleging owners broke the law with sudden closure

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Dozens of former Signature Room workers united in a single and frustrated cry Wednesday, alleging the owner of the now-closed iconic Chicago restaurant broke the law. The workers said ...
NBC Chicago

‘Extremely difficult': Signature Room employee memo sheds light on what led to abrupt closure

Longtime fine dining Chicago restaurant The Signature Room in a memo to employees Thursday outlined what led to the establishment's abrupt closure. "Dear Signature Room Team," the memo, obtained by ...
Crain's Chicago Business

Signature Room shutdown sparks layoffs — and a union lawsuit

The union representing over 100 employees laid off from Chicago's iconic Signature Room and Signature Lounge filed a lawsuit Monday, alleging a lack of proper notice regarding the layoffs. The abrupt ...
NBC Chicago

Signature Room on 95th floor of former Hancock building abruptly closes

The iconic Signature Room, a longtime, fine dining restaurant near the top floor of the former John Hancock center in Chicago, has closed. A sign posted at the restaurant's location Thursday cited ...
Crain's Chicago Business

Former staff of Signature Room to get $1.5 million in back pay

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Former employees of the Signature Room, a fine dining ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Signature Room operator violated law on worker layoff notices, union says in lawsuit

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Signature Room restaurant in former Hancock tower closes

The well-known Signature Room restaurant, perched atop the former John Hancock Center in Chicago, has permanently closed its doors, delivering another blow to the one-vibrant Magnificent Mile’s retail ...
Yahoo

Operator of John Hancock Center’s observation deck buys iconic Signature Room space, promises ‘something spectacular’ will take its place

The operator of the 360 Chicago observation deck near the top of the former John Hancock Center has purchased the building’s 95th and 96th floors, which until September housed the Signature Room ...
Chicago Tribune

Laid-off workers at abruptly closed Signature Room rally, sue for backpay and benefits

The laid-off workers rallying outside the skyscraper formerly known as the John Hancock Center to demand pay and benefits Wednesday held up signs listing how many years they had worked at the ...