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The 400-plus members of the graduate student workers union at Illinois State University will vote Oct. 4 on whether to strike. Union bargaining team member Trevor Rickerd said the union and university administration remain far apart on economic issues, including pay and mandatory fees of $2,500 for ISU graduate students.
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Union leader John Penn said as Labor Day approaches there is one particular labor everyone in the nation can perform: get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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As the clean energy conversation in Illinois continues, a coalition of lawmakers and labor unions introduced another regulatory overhaul bill that focuses…
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Illinois State University’s Graduate Workers Union has asked for a state labor mediator to step in to what it calls stalled negotiations on a…
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The pandemic has caused the cancellation of another of the big annual Bloomington-Normal event.Last week, the coronavirus muted July 4 celebrations in…
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Illinois State University union workers are 13 months in without new contracts. An AFSCME staff representative said it’s time for the university to nix…
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The old Laborers' Local 362 union hiring hall is being demolished this week. The building featured a mural created by Kari Sandhaas in the 1980s, which…