Illinois
Illinois joins lengthening list of states outlawing wage theft
October 19, 2023The bill was one of the top priorities of the state AFL-CIO.
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Illinois Nurses Association and other unions lobby for state safe staffing law
October 4, 2023Unions launch a major push to get the state legislature to act.
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Auto workers expand their nationwide strike to include two more plants
September 29, 2023UAW walks out at the Ford plant on Chicago’s South Side and at the GM plant in Lansing, Michigan
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New law gives 640K Illinois ‘permatemp’ workers a massive raise
August 8, 2023Law also bans the use of scabs.
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104-year-old labor veteran Bea Lumpkin rallies Starbucks strikers in Chicago
July 17, 2023"No matter how big the company is, we workers are stronger—when we're united!" declared Lumpkin at a noisy spirited rally Thursday in the West Loop.
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