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Members of Illinois government's biggest labor union have voted to allow a strike. The margin was 81-19, though roughly 40% of AFSCME members chose not to…
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The union that’s representing 30,000 state workers is suing Governor Bruce Rauner. It filed a lawsuit late yesterday in Saint Clair County circuit court.…
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Dozens of state legislators Wednesday publicly called on Governor Bruce Rauner to negotiate with the state's largest public-employee union, but Rauner...
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Students and teachers in Chicago headed back to the classroom after the Chicago Teachers Union, and the nation's third-largest school district, averted a…
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The Chicago Teachers Union has set dates for a strike authorization vote. The union's House of Delegates says a vote will take place beginning Sept. 21…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration says it wants to bypass a legal recommendation in order to expedite the resolution of its case on whether negotiations…
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Thousands of union supporters are rallying outside the Illinois Capitol to protest Gov. Bruce Rauner's calls to change collective bargaining policies. A…
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A Republican state legislative race in west-central Illinois has become a test of Governor Bruce Rauner's reach.Back in August, the Illinois Senate took a…
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Cities in Illinois want their financial ability to be a factor in labor contract negotiations. Union workers in public safety jobs, like police officers…