Organized Labor

IATSE previously accused the organizer of violating its contract with the union and refusing to hire local stagehands, which the union argued created additional safety hazards.

The Normal Town Council on Monday approved several infrastructure-related items and heard about labor concerns for the Tailgate and Tallboys event.

After his first school year on the job, new Illinois Wesleyan University President Sheahon Zenger paints a portrait of an institution "re-claiming its birthright" as a liberal arts education center in Central Illinois.

Labor negotiations, spending cuts, creating a new model for budget planning, developing the new College of Engineering, and, oh yes, graduation this weekend — Illinois State University has a lot on its plate right now.

Hours after its faculty union voted to authorize a strike, Illinois State University said Friday that it’s initiated “academic contingency planning activities” to minimize disruption if a work stoppage occurs.

Demand for skilled trades workers is on the upswing, but there's a huge untapped resource to fill — women.

One of the wrinkles in the downtown Bloomington Tax Increment Financing District the city council has just created is that if it doesn't perform, half the property tax money generated will go back to taxing bodies like Bloomington schools.

A third candidate has entered the race for mayor of Bloomington. Ward 6 Council member Cody Hendricks made his announcement at the electrical workers union hall on Tuesday. He joins current Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe and former State Rep. Dan Brady in the race.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is mixing into the unionization effort at the Rivian electric vehicle plant in Normal. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace workers is trying to organize the plant. Durbin says he has met with Rivian CEO R-J Scaringe and told him the company should support unionizing efforts.

With the Rivian plant in Normal adding a second shift, the United Auto Workers has been quietly contacting workers about a possible union-organizing campaign.