Trader Joe’s union notches uncertain win amid backdrop of Trump-era federal labor landscape
Trader Joe’s said it plans to appeal the decision, a move that would stall the case indefinitely before the paralyzed National Labor Relations Board.
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Lobbyist sues environmental advocacy group alleging pregnancy discrimination
The lawsuit alleges the Illinois Environmental Council's executive director told the former lobbyist not to have a baby during the legislative session and ultimately fired her when she was eight...
Chicago History Museum workers launch union drive
Workers said they were motivated by a desire for "livable and competitive wages and raises," clarity around grievance and disciplinary procedures and a greater voice in workplace decisions.
Los trabajadores de restaurantes de Chicago se preparan mientras los arrestos de ICE generan temor e incertidumbre en la industria
Según la Asociación Nacional de Restaurantes, el 21% de los trabajadores de restaurantes y servicios de comidas de Estados Unidos nacieron fuera del país.
Cook County prosecutors seek to unionize in first major drive in decades
A group of assistant state’s attorneys seeks voluntary recognition of a bargaining unit that would represent hundreds of lawyers.
Chicago says it hopes to open city-owned market instead of city-owned grocery store
Details are scarce about when such a city market would open, how it would be funded and operated and where it would be located.
Chicago restaurant workers prepare as ICE arrests cast fear, uncertainty over industry
The restaurant industry relies heavily on the labor of immigrants, and workers and employers have been educating themselves and each other on their rights and preparing for what to do...
Illinois SEIU passes resolution declaring itself ‘under attack’ by CTU
The union has condemned a contract proposal by the teachers union that SEIU said would take jobs from their union and give them to CTU.
Some Chicago businesses close to protest immigration crackdown
As immigrant communities entered a third week of fear and uncertainty in the shadow of immigration action, some business owners closed up shop as part of a national "Day Without...
UIC undergraduate resident advisers move to unionize: ‘These are workers’
In a move that could make them some of the first undergraduate student workers to unionize in Illinois, resident advisers at the University of Illinois at Chicago filed for union...