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News and information on the state of work in Illinois.
More than 2,500 Chicago Park District employees may be striking at the same time as the city’s teachers. With that possible work stoppage on the horizon, the district is planning on scaling back resources and activities.
“We are disheartened that we had to get to this point,” the hospital president said in a video message Thursday night.
The overtime surge angered Inspector General Joe Ferguson, who concluded nearly two years ago that Chicago was wasting millions on police overtime because of “inefficient management.”
Illinois is home to five of the most significant figures and events in the history of the nation’s labor movement, including the strike that led to the creation of Labor Day.
“The hardest part is going to be getting on an airplane. I’ve never been on a plane.”
The study credits women’s increased participation in the workforce as a reason they’re viewed as more competent.
Set against a real-world backdrop, author Chandler Baker offers a spirited take on the rage that simmers below the surface for many women in the workplace.
Illinois lawmakers voted to legalize recreational weed Friday. Here’s what you need to know about the bill Gov. Pritzker says he will sign.
Workers’ rights advocates say campaign would reward best practices.
“It’s about hope and opportunity. ... In my opinion, it’s about making people feel they’re assets to Chicago, and not liabilities.”
In Chicago and other areas with plenty of college graduates, there’s evidence employers make that a prerequisite even for jobs that don’t need it.
Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, however, show Illinois added — rather than lost — roughly 48,000 jobs overall in 2007.
The employees, members of the Writers Guild of America, East, said management has held fast against demands for raises for assistant producers.
Clerical and technical staff at the City Colleges of Chicago went on strike Wednesday.
With nearly half of income-taxing states not charging higher rates to the wealthy, it’s clear the ad’s claim is off base.
“Both sides have accepted the mayor’s offer and will meet at City Hall” on Friday morning, a mayoral spokeswoman said.
And in their first major foray into Chicago politics, the International Network of Charter School’s political fund saw 10 supported candidates win.
Companies repeatedly convicted of wage theft would face felony charges instead of misdemeanors.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into law a bill that prohibits local governments from enacting so-called “right-to-work” laws.
Unionized faculty members approved a potential strike just days after UIC graduate workers ended their two-week labor stoppage.
The union representing about 1,500 striking teaching and graduate assistants at the University of Illinois Chicago report progress in contract talks.
Measure comes in response to 2015 Lincolnshire ordinance that prohibited the use of union-security agreements.
“The Sun-Times is an important civic asset that has been on a roll,” Sacks said. Wirtz said he was “honored” to invest again in the company.
Overall, Illinois ranked 16th in the nation for personal income growth over the year.
Selene Saavedra Roman, a 28-year-old originally from Peru, is married to an American citizen.
Nearly three-quarters trust making the report to the county’s personnel department would lead to a fair inquiry.
“Before organizing with the union, I was like a little mouse in the corner saying ‘peep, peep’ but now I’m a roaring lion,” Mrs. Miller once said.