Labor
Chicago teachers strike puts focus on Rauner, state budget crisis
April 4, 2016Illinois is entering its tenth month without a budget; Rauner has refused to sign one without legislators agreeing to his drastic "turnaround agenda" that rolls back worker rights.
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Steel job layoffs highlight need for new trade, infrastructure policies
April 1, 2016Over the past year, U.S. Steel has announced hundreds of layoffs in its workforce across the country.
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Thousands out on the picket lines at Chicago schools today
April 1, 2016Teachers picketed outside all of the public schools in Chicago's Hyde Park section this morning.
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Minneapolis resumes march towards paid sick leave law, as Vermont enacts one
March 31, 2016After a pause for a city-mandated study, Minneapolis has resumed its march towards enacting a paid sick and family leave law.
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Teachers lead wave of strikes and job actions in Chicago
March 31, 2016April 1 is likely to go down in history as unions and community organizations representing people from all walks of life stage strikes and actions from one end of the city to the other.
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