Bernie Sanders Endorses Chuy Garcia, Calls Chicago Election a ‘Political Revolution’
Underscoring the extent to which Chicago’s April 7 election has taken on national symbolism, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) visited…
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Award-Winning Chicago Teacher Gets Pink Slip in Round of 2,113 Layoffs
On the heels of the decision to shut down 50 Chicago public schools came a massive round of layoffs…
Sexual Harassment in the Warehouse
‘We Don’t Go to Work to Be Touched’
Opposition Erupts as Chicago City Council Passes G8/NATO Summit Ordinances
The marble floor in Chicago City Hall vibrated as labor union members and other protesters stamped their feet and…
How Budget Cuts and Privatization Endanger Workers in Psychiatric Hospitals
Stephanie Moulton reportedly loved her job as a social worker serving mentally disturbed people living in group homes under…
Madison March Targets Influential Wisconsin Business Lobby Group
Labor and community groups are calling a “state of emergency” in Wisconsin, and holding a march at noon in…
Supreme Court’s E-Verify Decision Devastating for Employers, Immigrant Workers
Immigrants rights advocates and employers, including farmers, are lashing out at the Supreme Court’s May 26 decision upholding Arizona’s…
Warehouse Workers File Second Lawsuit Against Chicago-Area Wal-Mart Contractors
CHICAGO—Last week, the Chicago-based group Warehouse Workers for Justice (WWJ) filed its second class action lawsuit this year against…
Strike? Adjunct Faculty Consider Work Stoppage in Chicago and New York
As the Chicago Reader wrote this week, adjunct faculty at Columbia College and Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) in Chicago…
The Truth About Public Employees, the New Convenient Scapegoats
It’s become a common refrain: public employees from teachers to parking meter attendants to firefighters to nurses are…