Today's labour news
Illinois Building trades unions adding maternity benefits to retain, attract women to construction trades 2025-01-14 [The Labor Tribune]
Illinois SIUE employees come together in one strong union 2025-01-07 [The Labor Tribune]
Illinois ‘A good, viable option’: More women are choosing to work in the trades for better pay and benefits 2025-01-03 [The Daily Herald]
Illinois Death on the Night Shift at Frozen Pizza Factories in Chicago 2024-12-21 [New York Times]
VIDEO Illinois Amazon workers go on strike at multiple facilities, including one in Skokie 2024-12-19 [WGN]
Illinois IL Workers Can Now Claim Unpaid Wages Through I-CASH 2024-11-26 [Il Senator Sue Rezin]
Illinois 'Slap in the face:' Abrupt closure of last Pepsi plant in Chicago leaves workers stunned For more info 2024-10-30 [USAToday]
Illinois Cracked Skull, Fractured Bones Show Danger for Rivian Factory's Workers 2024-10-23 [Bloomberg]
Illinois A life of care: Remembering Alberta Walker, union trailblazer 2024-10-17 [The Tribe]
Illinois Union Miners’ Cemetery Celebrates 125th Anniversary in Mt. Olive 2024-10-16 [UMWA]
Illinois IL lawmakers, UAW leaders call on Stellantis to reopen Belvidere assembly plant 2024-10-12 [ABC]
Illinois Iron Workers’ Dave Beard named Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council’s Labor Man of the Year 2024-10-08 [The Tribune]
Illinois Flight Attendants at United Airlines Vote 99.99% to Authorize a Strike 2024-08-28 [AFA-CWA]
Illinois CWA president Claude Cummings Jr to deliver remarks at DNC 2024-08-21 [CWA]
Illinois IL bans companies from holding mandatory anti-union meetings 2024-08-02 [WKAR]
Illinois Under new law, IL employers can’t force workers to sit through anti-union meetings 2024-08-01 [Capitol News IL]
Illinois West Suburban Medical Center Hiring Union-Busters 2024-07-15 [LaborLab]
Illinois Teamsters, lawmakers demand Amazon stop illegal union-busting 2024-07-05 [International Brotherhood of Teamsters]
Illinois Amazon Drivers Strike Over Labor Violations At Skokie Station 2024-07-04 [Patch]
Illinois Univ Of Chicago Medical Center workers vote to strike 2024-07-04 [Hyde Park Herald]
Illinois IL Amazon Drivers Strike, Demand Union Contract 2024-06-29 [Labor Notes]
Illinois Chicago teachers demand climate solutions in their next contract 2024-06-24 [Grist]
Illinois Charter school operators file suit seeking to declare state law requiring union neutrality ‘invalid’ 2024-06-21 [The Tribune]
Illinois Climate Action Is a Labor Issue for This Teachers’ Union’s Leaders 2024-06-21 [Scientifc American]
Illinois Arbitration panel upholds union workers’ rights in landmark decision 2024-05-23 [IEA]
VIDEO Illinois Pittsburgh Post Gazette NewsGuild Strikers Win Injunction Against Union Busters As Teamsters Make Deal With Bosses Dissolving Local For more info 2024-04-23 [LVP]
VIDEO Illinois Labor For Palestine Rally In Front Of 2024 Labor Notes Conference In Chicago Attacked By Police For more info 2024-04-22 [LVP]
Illinois union drive 2024-04-20 [Chicago Tribune]
VIDEO Illinois Criminal Charge Dropped: ATU241 Presidential Candidate Erek Slater Wins Victory Against Chicago CTA For more info 2024-04-08 [LVP]
Illinois Women union leaders want workplace challenges addressed 2024-03-27 [QC News]
Illinois Chicago Park District union workers authorize strike 2024-03-27 [Chicago Sun-Times]
Illinois UPDATED: SCR Medical Transportation Spent Over $3,500/Day In Attempt to Defeat Union 2024-02-28 [LaborLab]
Illinois Chicago Teachers Union and Instituto del Progreso Latino reach a tentative agreement to end strike 2024-02-13 [The Tribune]
Illinois Proposed act would eliminate subminimum wage for tipped workers in Illinois 2024-02-12 [Daily Illini]
Illinois NU Graduate Workers launch strike pledge in hopes of speeding up contract negotiations 2024-01-30 [The Daily Northwestern]
Illinois The Workers’ Mic reflect on MLK Jr., The UAW, and Child Labor Laws 2024-01-14 [WGN]
Illinois Minimum wage for Illinois workers increases to $14 per hour 2024-01-01 [CBS]
Illinois Legislation mandates labor history education for new recruits 2023-12-31 [IAFF]
Illinois IL trucking company accused of misclassifying independent contractors 2023-12-30 [Land Line]
Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act Takes Effect January 1 2023-12-30 [MyRadioLink]
Illinois On strike since October 30, Columbia College adjunct strike is the longest in US history 2023-12-10 [The Guardian]
Illinois USW sees anti-union bias in US Steel Illinois furnace idling 2023-12-03 [Recycling Today]
VIDEO Illinois Starbucks workers go on strike on Red Cup Day 2023-11-16 [CBS]
Illinois WORKERS AT GRAPHIC PACKAGING JOIN TEAMSTERS 2023-11-14 [Teamsters]
Illinois Biden attended United Auto Workers event, endorses plan to organize non-union OEMS 2023-11-12 [CBT]
Illinois Biden will meet with UAW president in IL on Thursday 2023-11-08 [WSB]
Illinois This striking Chicago auto plant built the Model T. Can it survive the EV era? 2023-10-19 [Wash Post]
Illinois Boosting the wages of Chicago’s tipped workers could lift thousands out of poverty 2023-10-13 [WBEZ]
Illinois UAW expands stand-up strike against General Motors and Ford at noon Eastern 2023-09-30 [UAW]
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