Organized Labor

Union members with AFSCME said Monday that the GOP's tax and spending plan passed this summer will bring devastating cuts to the Illinois State University community and beyond.

An Illinois appeals court wants the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board to take another look at a dispute between Illinois State University and a union representing about 300 campus workers.

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.