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The Illinois House has approved a plan to raise Illinois’ minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour. But it faces an uphill climb to become law. A higher minimum…
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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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Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s administration is trying to convince state employees that a strike would be “reckless.” About 30,000 state employees who…
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A labor union has come to the defense of non-union workers in Peoria. When Laborers Local 165 learned a contractor doing renovation work at the Four…
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Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is in the early stages of imposing new employment terms for members of AFSCME the state's largest government labor union.…
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Chicago teachers are picking up signs and T-shirts as they prepare for a potential strike. Members of the Chicago Teachers Union are set to hit the picket…
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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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The Illinois Supreme Court will be asked to re-visit an opinion it just issued March 24. State employees' salaries are at stake.
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A controversial labor-backed measure has been approved by the Illinois House. The vote was 67 to 45. It would let an arbitrator settle the stalled…
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A village board has voted to make Lincolnshire one of Illinois' first municipalities to bar private employers from requiring workers to join or pay dues…