Mayoral candidates urged to back sick leave ordinance
Chicago labor and community groups are calling on mayoral candidates to support an ordinance that would allow workers to earn five to nine days of paid sick leave. Nearly 82...
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Deere expects 2015 to be ‘challenging year’
Deere Chief Executive Sam Allen on Wednesday said 2015 "is shaping up to be a challenging year," citing a sharp drop in demand for agricultural equipment because of low commodity...
ITW moves to new headquarters in Glenview
Illinois Tool Works on Monday completed its move into a new corporate campus in Glenview. After 24 years at its previous location, the industrial conglomerate moved 4 miles southeast to...
Caterpillar staying in Peoria
PEORIA — Caterpillar on Friday said it's not moving. "Caterpillar will stay in Peoria," Caterpillar CEO Douglas Oberhelman told more than 200 people who gathered at the company's visitor center....
Caterpillar headquarters to remain in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Caterpillar Inc. announces corporate headquarters will remain in Peoria after 2-year study. This is a breaking news update. The Tribune's earlier story is below. Check back...
What is right to work, and how does it apply to Illinois workers?
Right to work. You heard the phrase last week, when Gov. Bruce Rauner issued an executive order allowing some public employees who are not union members to refrain from paying...
Cook County OKs ordinance to combat wage theft
Cook County commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance aimed at deterring businesses from engaging in wage theft. Wage theft has been defined as having employees work off the clock, for...
Sara Lee discriminated against black employees, attorneys say
Sara Lee discriminated against black employees by disproportionately assigning them to work in hazardous areas of a baking facility in Paris, Texas, attorneys representing the workers said Monday . Workers...
UAW ratifies labor contract with Navistar
United Auto Workers members ratified a four-year labor agreement with Navistar International on Sunday that includes raises but keeps workers under a two-tier pay system. "We value our partnership with...
Manufacturing making a comeback at Chicago incubator
Manufacturing is making a comeback — at least inside an incubator on the city's Near West Side. The Fulton-Carroll Center notched a sizable jump in the number of industrial startups...