An Iconic Queer Nightclub's Staff Unionized. Then, It Closed Forever.

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An Iconic Queer Nightclub's Staff Unionized. Then, It Closed Forever.

A historic LGBTQ+ nightclub in Chicago permanently closed this month after its employees unionized and organized a boycott in response to the club’s alleged refusal to bargain with them. One worker who spoke with Motherboard called the decision “senseless.” “​The party ended at 5 a.m., November 19, 2023—nearly forty years and more than 10,000 nights from when it all began,” Berlin Nightclub’s website home page reads. “The final chapter will sure…