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Friday, April 26
Teamsters announced early today that they intend to strike. Nearly every home, business, and institution in the Chicago area using a private service is affected by the Teamsters contract. Also, commercial and multi-unit residential customers in the city are affected. [Trib. login: gapers/gapers]