Thank you to all the Chicagoland LIUNA members who took time out of their evenings to phone bank for Labor 2018 yesterday. Thanks to IBEW Local 134 for providing the phone bank and to the Chicago Federation of Labor for hosting us. We’re with J…
As we look forward to the Labor Day weekend, we must not forget that Labor Day is our day – a holiday that commemorates the strife and struggle to achieve economic equality by working men and women across the United States and Canada. No one is…
Dear members, The Chicago Laborers’ District Council and our affiliated locals are pleased to introduce a package of NEW benefits exclusively for our active and retired members and their families. Union membership is more than having a job, it&…
Wealth is becoming increasingly concentrated among the super-rich in Illinois at the expense of the rest of the state. A proven way to reverse income inequality is to make it easier for people to form and join unions in their workplaces. Read More...…
FDR Signs National Labor Relations Act, July 5, 1935 Published by PoliticoWritten By ANDREW GLASS07/05/2018 08:09 AM EDT On this day in 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the National Labor Relations Act, which established guidelin…
It’s been ten years since Illinois has had a capital bill. In the decade since the $31 billion capital program was signed by then-Governor Pat Quinn the public construction industry has been on a steady decline, punctuated by a sharp drop off t…
Exclusive: how rightwing groups wield secret 'toolkit' to plot against US unions Internal documents obtained by the Guardian reveal a nationwide drive to persuade union members to quit and stop paying dues...Please, read the entire article and click …
