Play: We Unite Here! Stories from the Congress Hotel Strike, a play by Joan McGann Morris, was staged at the WWHP Gala at Roosevelt University on April 7, 2005. The play honors the UNITE HERE Local 1 strikers of Chicago, presenting five characters who are composite figures based on interviews with 11 separate strikers.

Linda Sabo, Secretary of UNITE HERE Local 1 offered remarks, and Sharon Williams (UNITE HERE) received the Mother Jones Award.