What Is Right-to-Work and How Could It Affect Illinois Workers? The Wisconsin state legislature on March 6 passed a right-to-work bill that Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican openly opposed to collective bargaining, has said he’ll…

In Public Addresses, Governor Continues to Outline Race-to-the-Bottom Tactics In the first major speech of his administration, newly elected Gov. Bruce Rauner used his State of the State address on February 4 to set forth…

Mayor Emanuel Offers His Opinions on RTW in the Chicago Tribune

Local 710 Negotiates Strong Agreement for Workers in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana More than 6,000 UPS workers represented by Teamsters Local 710 voted to accept a new five-year contract on Thursday. The agreement is retroactive to…

Local 330 Achieves New Safety Measures With Pepper Spray Policy Approximately 70 Probation Officers with Illinois’ 16th Judicial Circuit Court will soon be equipped with protective pepper spray and new safety protocols thanks to the…