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IL AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer and Champaign-Urbana native Pat Devaney addressed the 2nd cohort of Climate Works pre-apprenticeship graduates this past weekend in Champaign. With zero out of pocket cost, students are provided the training, skills and education to up-skill them for apprenticeships in the unionized, clean energy workforce.
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"When certified, the bargaining unit will represent some 600 “classified” staff members, including administrative, clerical, IT and other employees at the Glen Ellyn-based community college."
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Mail carriers are frontline workers and face assaults nearly everyday.
Nearly a year ago, Octavia Redmond, lost her life on the job. Yet true safety reform is still lacking.
We stand with the NALC and demand more be done to protect the essential workers that deliver our mail!
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Friends and family of legendary folk musician and “hellraiser” Anne Feeney have come together to announce a new round of grants for emerging artists of any discipline who create art in support of social movements for justice.
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"To keep the five-member NLRB in Washington from having a quorum of three in the meantime, Trump illegally fired Gwynne Wilcox, before her full term expired. This dispute is headed toward a Supreme Court already signaling that it may be willing to reverse a New Deal-era case (Humphrey’s Executor v. United States) that has long provided appointees to independent agencies with protection against being fired at will by a new president."
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QSL employees in Chicago are facing dangerous working conditions, electronic surveillance and wage theft. The labor movement is fighting back and IUOE Local 150 announced an unfair labor practice strike against the company only to be met with union busting.
Sign the letter if you think workers deserve better:
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Southern Illinois Central Labor Council Swears in New Officers and Begins Operations for First Time Since 2020
West Frankfort, IL – Last Thursday, the Illinois AFL-CIO President Tim Drea swore in 10 newly elected officers to the Southern Illinois Central Labor Council (SICLC). The SICLC has not had officers elected since the Spring of 2020. Over the last year, SICLC has held leadership meetings to rebuild the CLC to better advocate for union […]
June Newsletter – Summer heats up as the Illinois General Assembly adjourns
Dear friends: The General Assembly adjourned in the early hours of June 1 without passing a number of labor’s priorities, most prominently fixing Tier 2 pensions or addressing the transit fiscal cliff. Despite tireless advocacy from the We are One Illinois Coalition and the Labor Alliance for Public Transit, the General Assembly failed to act […]
Illinois AFL-CIO Statement on Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky’s Retirement
“The daughter of immigrant parents, Jan Schakowsky is the product of America’s promise. After obtaining a degree in elementary education from the University of Illinois, she dedicated her life to helping others, first as the program director for Illinois Public Action, and then as the Illinois State Council of Senior Citizens Executive Director. Recognizing that […]
Workers’ Memorial Day Recap – Protect Worker Safety, Pass SB1976
This past Monday, throughout the state of Illinois, Central Labor Councils honored workers who have lost their lives on the jobsite. Workers’ Memorial Day commemorates the effective date of OSHA, which promised every worker the right to a safe job. But our hard-earned workplace safety rights are in danger, as elected leaders threaten to cut […]