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Wisconsin Democrats Say They’re Staying Away
CHICAGO (CBS) – The political standoff in Wisconsin didn’t appear any closer to ending on Saturday. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has said he’ll issue pink slips to as many as 1,500 state workers if...
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Walgreens Clinic Nurses Vote To Unionize
CHICAGO (CBS) – Nurse practitioners working at Walgreens drugstore clinics have voted to unionize. The Illinois Nurses Association announced Thursday that it will represent about 180 nurse...
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Oak Lawn Teachers Vote To Reduce Raises, Avoid Layoffs
OAK LAWN, Ill. (CBS) – Would you vote to cut a future pay raise in order to spare the jobs of fellow workers? That was the choice facing teachers and other staffers on Tuesday at Oak Lawn Community...
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UIC Faculty Advance Move To Unionize
CHICAGO (CBS/WBBM) – A move is afoot to unionize teachers and others at a the University of Illinois at Chicago. As WBBM Newsradio 780′s David Roe reports, a petition was filed last week by faculty and...
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CTA Bus, Mechanics Union Placed Into Receivership
CHICAGO (WBBM) — The leadership of the union local representing bus drivers and mechanics at the CTA and three Pace garages has been ousted because of financial problems. The Amalgamated Transit Union...
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CTA Union Dispute’s Managements Claims About Employee Sick Days
CHICAGO (CBS) — The union that represents employees of the CTA is accusing agency president Forest Claypool of publicizing false information about employee sick days. The head of the union, Bob Kelly,...
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Nurses Vote To Authorize Strike At UIC Medical Center
CHICAGO (CBS) — The nurses’ union at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center has rejected the hospital’s last and final contract offer, and has voted to authorize a strike. As WBBM...
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Deerfield Teachers Vote To Authorize Strike
CHICAGO (CBS) — A north suburban school district is facing a possible teacher strike. Teachers in District 109 in Deerfield voted 261 to 2 to authorize a strike after negotiations, which have been...
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Chicago Window Factory Where Workers Had Sit-In To Close
UPDATED 02/24/12 6:21 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Workers are engaged in another fight at the Goose Island window factory that drew national attention for a labor sit-in more than three years ago. As WBBM...
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Former Cop Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $1M From Union
CHICAGO (CBS) – The former president of the Chicago police sergeants’ union has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $1 million in union dues to pay for a lavish lifestyle, including a house in the...
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Chicago Teachers To Rally Over Contract Snag
CHICAGO (CBS) — Upset with contract talks, the Chicago Teachers Union says it’s planning a big rally to show unity. CTU Vice President Jesse Sharkey says thousands of teachers will rally at the...
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City Hall Reaches Contract Deal With Safety Workers
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Emanuel administration has reached a four-year labor agreement with the unions representing some 2,100 public safety workers. WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore reports, the city...
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Teacher Contract Talks Continue Amid Worries Over Strike
CHICAGO (CBS) – Representatives for Chicago teachers and the school board were negotiating for a new contract Saturday as observers and students dreaded the possibility of a strike. Rev. Jesse Jackson...
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Amid Union Protest, Quinn Breaks Ground On Joliet Transportation Center
CHICAGO (CBS) — Unionized state workers upset over state cutbacks tried to disrupt the governor on Friday at the ground-breaking for a project preparing for high-speed rail in Joliet. Quinn had to...
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Comcast Workers In Romeoville May Unionize
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (CBS) — One of the nation’s biggest unions is battling the nation’s biggest cable operator at a southwest suburban work site. The cable installer who comes to your home is usually...
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Battle Over Prison Shutdowns Continues
CHICAGO (CBS) — The battle goes on over Gov. Quinn’s plan to close seven correctional facilities as a money saying measure An arbitrator ruled that the state followed the rules on negotiating about the...
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Illinois Residents Join Secession Petition Trend
CHICAGO (CBS) – Residents in at least seven states have filed petitions asking to secede from the union–enough to require a response from the White House, anyway. And people from Illinois have two...
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Twinkies Could Disappear If Hostess Liquidates Amid Labor Strife
NEW YORK (CBS/AP)— Hostess Brands Inc. said it likely won’t make an announcement until Friday morning on whether it will move to liquidate its business, after the company had set a Thursday deadline...
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Janitors’ Union Calling for Investigation of City Contract
CHICAGO (CBS) — The man behind a company that struck a big deal with the city of Chicago that’s expected to cut jobs, is raising eyebrows. The union representing 350 O’Hare janitors is calling on...
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Union Supporters Protest Illinois Minimum Wage
CHICAGO (CBS) — Union supporters took to the streets today to demand an increase in the state’s minimum wage. WBBM’s John Waelti was with them on North Michigan Avenue. play pause Union Supporters...
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South Suburban Sewer Workers Go On Strike
CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — The workers who take care of the sewer system for more than 100,000 people in Chicago Heights, Homewood, Steger and Crete are on strike. play pause South Suburban Sewer...
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Chicago Charter School Teachers Push To Form Union
CHICAGO (CBS) — One of the things that makes charter schools different may be starting to change. At most charters, teachers are non-union. Now, labor is making a push to unionize teachers at one of...
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Revamped Hostess Cranking Out Twinkies, With Reduced Work Force
(CBS) – The new makers of Hostess are calling the return of the brand’s signature snack cake the sweetest comeback ever. But as CBS 2’s Roseanne Tellez reports, there is another side to the story. The...
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CTA Union: Ventra System Allowing Commuters To Ride For Free
play pause More Problems With Ventra WBBM Newsradio's Bob Roberts (CBS) – The CTA’s soon-to-be-phased out Chicago Card and Chicago card Plus shut off if the cash balance on the card reaches zero. But...
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Extra-Alarm Union Barn Fire Under Control, But Still Burning
UNION, Ill. (STMW) – A five-alarm barn fire that has been burning since Tuesday evening in northwest suburban Union is under control early Wednesday, although it could take up to two days for crews to...
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Baker’s Dozen: It’s Time To Pay The Collegiate Workforce
By Ryan Baker- (CBS) Northwestern earned a PhD this week in remaining relevant in the sports world, as the Wildcats managed to steal two significant headlines during a less-than-stellar Super Bowl...
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Lyons Police Force Will Cut Department By One-Third: Union
(CBS) – A suburban police department is cutting its force by one-third. The police union representing Lyons police personnel confirmed to CBS 2 that it has been informed by the village that the jobs of...
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Rauner Appearance Met With Pro-Union Demonstrators
(CBS) — As several hundred protesters chanted outside an Elgin restaurant Friday, Gov. Bruce Rauner told supporters inside that he is ready to do battle with Illinois’ public employee unions. Rauner...
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Your Chicago: Camp Douglas, A Civil War Historic Site
(CBS) – On the South Side, in Bronzeville, there is a place with lots of history that few people know about. Now, a group is working to preserve that history so that the masses will understand just how...
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Union Arbitration Override Fails In Ill. House
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The latest on action at the state Capitol, where the Illinois House is expected to consider overriding Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of union-related legislation and other measures....
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2 Investigators: Pensioners Fight Back When Fund Demands Overpayments Be...
(CBS) — You retire assuming the pension you were told you’ll get is correct. But imagine being told you were overpaid by your pension fund and now you have to pay back tens of thousands of dollars....
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CTA Says It Will Hold The Line On Fares Next Year — If Springfield Comes Through
CTA Says It Will Hold Line On Fares Next Year WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) — Riders are skeptical of the CTA’s ability to freeze fares and preserve service levels in its 2016 budget. As first...
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Pair Already In Jail Charged With Burglary At McHenry County Bar
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two men who were already being held at the McHenry County Jail have been charged with a burglary earlier this month at a bar in northwest suburban Union. Andrew C. Hintt, 26, and Harold...
View ArticleLas Vegas Union: Tentative Labor Deal Struck With Caesars
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Negotiators have reached a tentative labor agreement that would cover about a quarter of the 50,000 hotel and casino workers who are threatening to strike in Las Vegas. The Culinary...
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Teamsters: 260,000 UPS Workers Ready To Strike For Better Contract
(CBS) — United Parcel Service workers have given their union the go-ahead to call a strike in what would be their first walkout in decades. The vote gives union negotiators more sway in contract talks...
View ArticleElon Musk May Have Violated Labor Laws With A Tweet
(CNN Money) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk is already in trouble for tweeting about plans to take the company private. Now he could be in trouble for a tweet about a union organizing effort at the company. The...
View ArticleChicago Hotel Workers Strike Continues For Second Day
CHICAGO (CBS) — Thousands of hotel employees are continuing their strike on Saturday in what’s being described as the first-ever citywide strike at 25 hotels. In Chicago, dozens of hotel employees...
View ArticleCity-Wide Hotel Strike Grows To 26 Hotels
CHICAGO (CBS) — Hotel workers at another Chicago hotel are joining the Chicago hotel workers’ strike, as housekeepers, servers, cooks, and doormen demand better benefits. Workers at the Cambria Chicago...
View ArticleRauner Seeks Delay On Plan To Pay Union Step Increases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s administration says it needs up to two more months to produce a plan to provide three years’ back pay to union workers. A lawyer for the...
View ArticlePritzker, AFSCME Reach First Contract Agreement In 4 Years
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the state’s largest public-sector union have put four years of rancor behind and announced a tentative contract agreement. The American...
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