Tag: Illinois
Illinois AFL-CIO endorses in 12th and 15th districts
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
All three of the Congressional districts that include parts of southern Illinois and the Metro East, the 12th, 13th and 15th...
Janus v. AFSCME could impose RTW conditions on public-sector employees
Case is part of a broader effort to tilt the playing ‘field in favor of billionaires and CEOs
Washington – On Feb. 26, the Supreme...
Rauner budget seeks to shift pension costs, cut healthcare benefits for...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspendent
Springfield, IL – Governor Bruce Rauner made his annual budget proposal recently, drawing fire for seeking to shift $1.3 billion in pension...
Supreme Court puts mayor back on Senate ballot
Rauner-boosting Patton is on the ballot again
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Edwardsville, IL – Edwardsville Mayor Hal Patton’s name is back on the Republican primary ballot...
New legislator Bristow hosting fraud seminar, coffee stop
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Alton – The Metro-East’s newest state representative, Monica Bristow (D-Godfrey), is beginning to have an impact in the community with two public...
Labor leaders, Democrats scoff at lack of proposals in Rauner’s State...
‘So tied to his corporate world view… he is paralyzed’
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Democrats and state-level Labor leaders cheered during Governor Bruce Rauner’s...
Union utility workers spend hours in the cold fixing broken water...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Utility Workers Local 335 members have been spending hours in sub-freezing temperatures repairing water mains that burst under the pressure of the...
Steelworkers’ kids get a special visitor in time for Christmas
Granite City, IL – Santa paid a special visit to the children of United Steelworkers, hundreds of whom remain laid-off with benefits long exhausted,...
Stuart-supported benefit provides food, clothing for laid-off Steelworkers
Collinsville, IL. – Laid-off steelworkers and their families received food, clothing and other items Dec. 20 at a Granite City Holiday Food Basket Giveaway...
Mother Jones turns rest stop into historical inspiration
Network of Labor history sites grows
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Waggoner, IL – You’re trying to get home from Springfield, or maybe from Chicago. It’s just an...