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Labor Roundup: Union approval highest in more than 50 years
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Pro-union support highest since 1965: Gallup. Public support for unions has hit its highest point since 1965, the Gallup Organization reported, as 71% of respondents approve of unions. The all-time record in the union poll, which started in 1936, is…
Illinois governor’s race
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Labor roundup | Peoria Public Schools negotiations messy
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Bargaining between teachers and Peoria Public Schools broke down last month, as the Peoria Federation of Teachers ended negotiations with District 150 by requesting federal mediation. “The PFT is pushing proposals that will better the school district and better the…
IDOT study: Train service to Peoria feasible
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Passenger train service could return to Peoria, according to a 60-page feasibility study from the Illinois Department of Transportation released on July 21. The Peoria-to-Joliet route, with four stops between, is estimated to cost $2.54 billion, and the project could…
Labor Roundup | June 2021
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Elon Musk added to list of labor-law violators. Tesla Motors and owner Elon Musk, have joined the ever-lengthening list of rich corporate moguls breaking labor law. In Musk’s case, it was with a tweet, and his Twitter account had at…
Letter to the Editor | Vaccination and cell line from aborted fetuses
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With the approval of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine against the COVID-19 virus, concerns have been raised by some religious leaders that it was developed using cell lines from fetuses aborted decades ago. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference has recommended that…
Labor Roundup | April 2021
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Amazon union drive helped by White House, NFL, Hollywood. The election to unionize a Bessemer, Ala., Amazon warehouse employing almost 6,000 workers is getting support from a variety of figures, from President Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to National…
Guns and cookies
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George Floyd’s death touched off a racial justice movement across the country, and in Peoria, a Journal Star newspaper carrier feels the impact with notes of appreciation, cookies and gun threats. When Geoffrey Landrum started his job in March delivering…