Illinois service workers ‘under attack’ by Chicago teachers; AFL-CIO braces for DOGE; AFL-CIO launches ‘Dept. of People Who Work for A Living’ — News briefs courtesy of The Labor Paper
Costco avoids big box store strike; Illinois law protects warehousers; Trump purges NLRB
Beloved Braves superfan Gene Sidler kept fire alive; now BU basketball worth watching again; plus with Donald Trump elected, we’re on to the next elections
Issues include safety, sustainability; Letter Carriers reach tentative deal with USPS; NLRB declares Campustown Starbucks broke law
Strike at Molson-Coors in Milwaukee; Teamsters split on non-endorsement of presidential candidates; Service Employees reach deal at University of Illinois; Shedd Aquarium workers unionize
Labor unrest rampant all over airline industry from Oregon/Washington machinists to Association of Flight Attendant/Communications Workers of America; Illinois warehouse, DHL workers join Teamsters
WIU lays off about 1/4 of unionized faculty; AFL-CIO president slams GOP anti-worker ticket; U of I nurses vote to strike; Deere layoffs ‘kill good American jobs’
Steamfitter Local 353’s Larry Dawson was 81; strikers settle with Illinois American Water; AFL-CIO endorses Harris for president
Union claims automaker interfered with vote; second Portillo’s, another Starbucks, unionize; doctors in Delaware file union paperwork
Legislators move to make union dues deductible in Illinois; report shows 344 workers died per day in 2022
