Labor
Chicago police say they'll picket city hall today, drawing attention to a long fight for a new contract. The Olympic Committee is in town today considering Chicago's bid for the 2016 games.
7 months ago | Fernando Diaz
The National Labor Relations Board's regional director has found Republic Doors and Windows violated federal labor law in closing the company's Goose Island plant.
7 months ago | Fernando Diaz
Amalgamated Transit Union recently filed an application seeking to organize 120 drivers, operators, loaders and dispatchers for Megabus.com
7 months ago | Fernando Diaz
Employees say their workload has been doubled, and that they want to negotiate with UIC over the issue.
8 months ago | Fernando Diaz
One of Chicago's oldest nonprofits says it faced insolvency because of declining income and the high cost of its pension plan. Workers are not expected to see reduced benefits due to the takeover.
8 months ago | Fernando Diaz
Workers at Fillip Metal Cabinet Co. say the company is closing, and they may not receive severance pay. Their union may pursue a complaint with federal labor regulators.
8 months ago | Fernando Diaz
The cuts include terminating 81 employees and eliminating 44 vacant positions. The hospital says no patient-care workers were affected by the cutbacks.
8 months ago | Fernando Diaz
CCC officials are laying plans for new campuses. One would focus on training workers for the area’s construction trades, while the other would provide business management degrees for new employees and offer corporate training.
8 months ago | Peter Sachs
According to Illinois Labor Relations Board records related to the dispute, the park district cut hours for part-time employees without bargaining with the union.
8 months ago | Fernando Diaz
RED OAK, IOWA -- A business deal here involving Richard Gillman, owner of Chicago's Republic Windows, left a trail of unpaid debts and unemployed workers. Now a company linked to Gillman is facing a $1 million lawsuit, and Red Oak residents are contemplating more legal action.
8 months ago | Peter Sachs
Echo Windows operated for less than two months before owner Richard Gillman appeared at the Iowa plant and announced it would close immediately. The plant's former owners say they haven't been paid.
8 months ago | Peter Sachs
AFSCME Council 31 has been attempting to organize workers at Resurrection Health Care. The union says hospital management has hampered that effort by intimidating employees.
8 months ago | Fernando Diaz
A petition filed with federal regulators says some workers at the Blackstone Hotel are trying to ditch their union, UNITE HERE Local 1. Management has been breaking federal labor law in an attempt shake the union, organizers say.
8 months ago | Fernando Diaz
Previously, Chicago was home to large-scale immigration marches on March 10. Labor advocates are working with organizers of those events to hold a combined march on May Day.
8 months ago | Fernando Diaz
The union representing some 15,000 janitors who clean Chicago's buildings and offices, began negotiations this week for a new contract with property managers and contractors.
8 months ago | Fernando Diaz
