Tag: election 2022
Illinois workers, unions celebrate ‘historic’ passage of Workers’ Rights Amendment
‘Mother Jones is looking down, smiling;’ law stops phony ‘right-to-work (for less)’, guarantees right to collective bargaining
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher Emeritus
Illinois voters approved the historic...
OPINION: Tireless efforts by working people to engage voters made a...
By LIZ SHULER
President
AFL-CIO
Washington (PAI) — While it may be days or weeks until every vote is counted and we know the full results of...
Illinois candidates, union leaders push Workers’ Rights Amendment ahead of Tuesday’s...
By ELIZABETH DONALD
Illinois Correspondent
Crowds of union leaders, members and local residents greeted Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and most of the Democratic slate for tomorrow’s...
ONE MAN’S VIEW: We have a big (under)dog in Tuesday’s election!
Election Day on Tuesday is more important to our Missouri and Illinois working families than many realize, and too many are taking a “no...
Madison County Democrats urge Labor to get out the vote Nov....
By ROBERT KELLY
Correspondent
Alton, IL — Madison County can elect a full slate of union-backed Democratic candidates next Tuesday, Nov. 8, if traditional Democrats get...
Workers’ Rights Amendment will protect the right to organize in the...
Amendment 1 requires 60 percent to pass; every vote counts
By ELIZABETH DONALD
Illinois Correspondent
Illinois voters will soon decide whether the right to organize will be...
Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council issues endorsements
As political candidates enter the homestretch before the Nov. 8 election, Illinois Labor organizations are issuing their endorsements.
St. Clair County candidates spoke to the...
Metro East unions canvassing door-to-door in support of Amendment 1, the...
Metro East unions are conducting a series of door-to-door canvasses in support of the Workers’ Rights Amendment, which would ban so-called “right-to-work” in...
Missouri AFL-CIO, St. Louis Labor Council COPE endorsements for the Nov....
Following are the Missouri AFL-CIO and St. Louis Labor Council’s COPE endorsements for the Nov. 8 general election. Incumbents are marked with an asterisk...
St. Louis rolls out vote centers ahead of Sept. 13 primary...
City also piloting five no-excuse absentee voting locations
St. Louisans voting in the special Sept. 13 primary election have the option to vote at...