Illinois
Strike: AFSCME workers at Illinois State University hold the line
April 21, 2026AFSCME 1110 represents the university’s most critical workers: building service workers, culinary workers, and grounds workers. They labor tirelessly to ensure the university functions
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Peoria Rally for Palestine gets divestment ban challenge on November ballot
April 16, 2026The question will let voters weigh in on a pending state bill to overturn state policy banning companies from divesting and boycotting Israel.
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Teamsters health care workers to picket Chicago hospital for fair contract
April 10, 2026Health care workers represented by Local 743 told People's World they're frustrated with low pay and tumultuous negotiations.
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Labor out front for Chicago’s No Kings march
March 30, 2026“Fascism doesn't start with soldiers in the street. It starts at work when the boss says, ‘Don't organize,’” said Dian Palmer of SEIU Local 73.
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Residents victorious in fight to stop Pekin, Illinois data center
March 12, 2026Packing the council chambers since January, the community showed just how rapidly they could organize and mobilize.
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