While some employers provide unpaid leave with protection of job positions, others are not so fortunate. Women in Chicago have a range of experiences with…
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After a rocky two years during the pandemic, national job listings are now at a record high of 11.5 million. Graduating seniors at Columbia College…
May 1 marked the remembrance of a historical day in Chicago. In 1886, around 35,000 workers left their jobs in order to join the national…
Christmas lights decorate the downtown village of Huntley’s trees and streetlights. While the holidays are near, the atmosphere is anything but joyful. As Illinois COVID-19…
A week after the proposed state pension cuts failed to pick up the Republican votes needed to pass, lawmakers, unions leaders and business groups made…
Aldermen Wednesday voiced support in favor of a resolution urging Mondelez International, the maker of Oreo cookies and other popular snacks, to reconsider its move…
With negotiations between Gov. Bruce Rauner and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees virtually non-existent, Wisconsin labor unions offer telling words of…
A City Council committee Monday debated the implications of raising Chicago’s minimum wage during a meeting, which one alderman described as the most “rushed” push…