On Thursday, food production workers at El Milagro — Chicago’s most popular tortilla company — staged a temporary walkout, alleging years of workplace violations and abusive conditions made worse by ...

CHICAGO — Food production workers at El Milagro, one of Chicago’s most popular tortilla companies, join with community allies for a Day of the Dead vigil Nov. 2, 2021, in honor of five coworkers who ...

On Roberto Escobar’s last day of work before he fell ill with COVID-19, Guillermo Romero shared food with him during their lunch break at the El Milagro tortilla factory. That was the last time Romero ...

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Tortilla maker El Milagro committed labor law violations when they allegedly denied meal breaks, the Chicago Tribune reports. The Illinois Department of Labor found El Milagro allegedly had employees ...

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Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...