Tag: Illinois
IN MEMORIAM: St. Clair County Labor leader Denise E. Yunker, International...
Belleville – Longtime union seamstress and highly respected St. Clair County Labor leader Denise E. Yunker, 92, of Belleville, died Saturday May 2 at...
Illinois offering community based testing at Jackie Joyner Kersee Community Center
East St. Louis – Governor JB Pritzker has opened a Community Based Testing Site at the Jackie Joyner Kersee Community Center on Argonne Drive,...
Madison County ‘re-opening revolt’ fizzles
Labor leaders call out reckless effort as politics
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Edwardsville – Madison County Board members tried to speed up the state of Illinois’...
Illinois approves new Workers’ Compensation rule to protect essential workers
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Illinois’ new Workers’ Compensation rule protecting essential workers affected by COVID-19 is moving ahead despite drawing opposition from...
Pritzker seeks virus coverage for Medicaid; response fund created
Illinois is submitting two federal waivers for increased Medicaid flexibility that would ensure that eligible residents are covered if they are diagnosed with COVID-19,...
Pritzker praises Organized Labor, workers’ response to COVID-19 pandemic
Springfield, IL – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker expressed his gratitude to Organized Labor on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic during a virtual...
Londrigan will carry Labor’s banner again in Illinois Congressional races
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Labor’s Democratic partners in southern Illinois will have work to do to reclaim any of the three Congressional districts that touch...
Pritzker: Fair budget plan needs Fair Tax to ease burden on...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker used his 2020 Budget Address last week to remind voters of the need for...
Illinois voters may decide on amendment to ban ‘right-to-work’
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Two Democratic lawmakers are proposing a state constitutional amendment to ban the phony “right-to-work” in Illinois.
Local “right-to-work” laws...
Illinois’ cannabis workers vote to unionize with UFCW Local 881
Joliet, IL – Cannabis workers at Cresco Labs have voted to organize with United Food and Commercial Workers Local 881, making them the first...
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