Nearly 10,000 Attend Transportation Job Fair At Chicago State

CHICAGO (CBS) — With renewed worries about the economy in the wake of the downgrade of the nation’s credit rating, nearly 10,000 people showed up for a job fair hosted by Congressman Bobby Rush on Tuesday.

As WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie Tafoya reports, everyone from the CTA to Southwest Airlines to railroads and the military were on hand at Chicago State University for a transportation job fair.

And, as CBS 2′s Dorothy Tucker reports, as of 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, nearly 10,000 people had turned out.