Illinois AFL-CIO
Recent News About Illinois AFL-CIO
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Illinois politics sees Laborers' Political League - Great Lakes Region spend the most during week ending July 1
Laborers' Political League - Great Lakes Region was the biggest spender the week before.
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Build UP coalition addresses state's infrastructure
A new coalition launched this week in an effort to try to get focus on vertical infrastructure projects for the proposed capital bill.
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Pritzker signs minimum wage increase into law
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the bill to change the statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour on Tuesday at a press conference. It will increase to $9.25 beginning Jan. 1 and gradually increase over each of the next five years.
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U of I protects illegal immigrant, criminal felon graduate assistants against discrimination, warns students against 'microaggressions'
A convicted felon who is refused a job as a graduate assistant at the University of Illinois on account of their police record can now claim illegal discrimination. And University of Illinois students who commit so-called "micro-aggressions" against graduate assistants can now be charged with harassment.
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Illinois powerful public school lobby kills measure to rein in borrowing
Illinois' powerful public school lobbying groups mobilized to beat back a measure that would have reined in massive school district borrowing, often concealed from taxpayers.