Tag: Illinois
Local unions join forces to handbill non-union Tiger Plumbing
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Collinsville, Ill. – Madison County residents are familiar with the small cards that Tiger Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning and Electrical Service...
UFCW 881’s Jeff Collier introduces governor at signing of historic RTW...
CARRYING LABOR’S TORCH, Jeff Collier, a union representative for United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 881 in Edwardsville, had the honor of introducing...
Labor/United Way Trap Shoot & BBQ raises more than $27,000 to...
East Alton, IL – The 11th annual Labor/United Way Trap Shoot & BBQ drew a long line of shooters last Friday, April 26, at...
Stuart, Bristow, Crowe tour U.S. Steel facilities at Granite City Works
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Granite City, IL – Affirming her support for American steel and jobs, state Rep. Katie Stuart (D-Edwardsville) recently toured U.S. Steel’s...
In support of workers’ rights, Illinois kicks local ‘RTW’ to the...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Legislation to prohibit local governments from restricting collective bargaining by creating local so-called “right-to-work” zones is now law in...
Illinois one of the leading locations for drug-resistant fungal yeast disease
Most cases are in the Chicago area, though three have been reported ‘near St. Louis’
Frightening news reports about the dreaded fungal yeast disease Candida...
Worker-friendly laws finally have a chance in Illinois
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Labor-allied Democratic legislators with strong voting majorities in the Illinois House and Senate are turning back the clock on...
Local 533 plumbers donate skills, time to restore homeowner’s water service
By CARL GREEN
Correspondent
Brighton, IL – Diane Brandt hadn’t been able to get the water flowing for about three months into her small, tidy house...
History event will portray Katie DeRorre, Mother Jones
Collinsville, IL – Labor history will feature prominently this Saturday, March 23, in a free and public celebration of Women’s History Month called Women...
Labor supports Pritzker’s progressive tax plan
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Governor J.B. Pritzker recently filled in some of the blanks in his plan to change Illinois to a...