Teamsters Joint Council 25 endorsed Pat Quinn for his first full term as Illinois governor. Reuters

Labor groups renewed their campaign against Wal-Mart on Tuesday, launching a coalition that calls for improvements in the company's wages, health care, and environmental and labor policies. The UFCW began airing two commercials Tuesday in union-friendly cities such as Chicago. The Washington Post

More Wal-Mart: The company has been stymied in its effort to put a new generation of "supercenters" in Chicago and other cities. Los Angeles Times

Lee Sustar looks at solidarity efforts for strikers at SK Hand Tools who are fighting to restore health care benefits unilaterally cut off by their employer. SocialistWorker.org

Mayor Richard M. Daley is considering private snowplow drivers for city's side streets. "They're going to put it out to bid and see what kind of numbers they get back," said Dennis Gannon, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor. "I think they're trying to save money." Trib

John Bachtell: It was a breath of fresh air to hear new Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis give a Labor Day address here. People's Weekly World

Hundreds of leaders will call upon the Congress Hotel to end the strike there. Reuters

Low-wage workers are routinely denied proper overtime pay and are often paid less than the minimum wage, according to a new study based on a survey of workers in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. The New York Times