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Illinois Attorney General Madigan win $2.2M in wage claims for workers

Feb 07, 2012 (13:27:41)

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that over the last two years, her office has collected nearly $2.2 million in wages and benefits owed to Illinois workers. “The law requires that Illinoisans must be compensated for work they perform, but too often employers shirk the law and don't pay wages that workers have earned,” said Madigan Read More...

New study shows failure of right to work

Feb 07, 2012 (09:12:07)

With Indiana's passage of a "Right to Work" (for less) bill, New Hampshire is also considering the legislation. Here's a new study from the Economic Policy Institute, challenging many of the fallacies of right to work. http://www.epi.org/publication/ib326right-to-work-new-hampshire-update/

Super Bowl shut-down: the Football Player's Demaurice Smith on Indiana right-to-work

Jan 31, 2012 (13:49:00)

The NFLPA's Demaurice Smith on Opposing Indiana's 'Right to Work' Agenda The Super Bowl is supposed to bring attention and even glory to its host city. But thanks to an anti-worker, anti-union assault by Indiana’s Governor Mitch Daniels and the Republican-controlled legislature, the big game, to be held this year in Indianapolis, is bringing a different kind of attention altogether Read More...

Indiana Laborer writes "Union Man Dues"

Jan 30, 2012 (09:44:31)

Turner Corn of LiUNA Local 795, New Albany, Indiana, has written a song, Union Man Dues. As Indiana fights to maintain workers' rights, Tom's music is a spirited defense of union pride.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUoSWEm_FHM

Local 393 hosts State of the Union event

Jan 25, 2012 (09:51:37)

Laborers Local 393 in Marseilles, Illinois hosted a "State of the Union" event to watch the President's speech. For more details, see http://mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=449188

Tax credits for hiring veterans

Jan 25, 2012 (15:48:00)

There has been a lot of interest in the Vow to Hire Heroes Act. This is the Act that the Midwest Region Laborers Veterans Committee has been spreading the word about that provides tax credits to employers who hire unemployed veterans Read More...

LiUNA slams Keystone denial

Jan 20, 2012 (09:28:00)

Washington, D.C. (January 18, 2012) – LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – called the reported decision by the Obama Administration today to block permitting for Keystone XL pipeline “politics at its worst.” Last fall the Administration delayed consideration of a permit for the pipeline until after the 2012 elections Read More...

Free enterprise on trial

Jan 17, 2012 (12:24:00)

Mitt Romney is casting the 2012 campaign as "free enterprise on trial" - defining free enterprise as achieving success through "hard work and risking-taking Read More...

Sioux City News: Repair infrastructure

Jan 17, 2012 (09:06:18)

LiUNA Local 430 recently delivered a strong message for infrastructure repair on their local news. Visit http://www.kcautv.com/category/190185/channel-9-eyewitness-news-video?clipId=6622055&flvUri=&partnerclipid=&topVideoCatNo=0&c=&autoStart=true&activePane=info&LaunchPageAdTag=homepage&clipFormat=flv

America isn't a corporation

Jan 13, 2012 (17:02:42)

“And greed — you mark my words — will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the U.S.A.” That’s how the fictional Gordon Gekko finished his famous “Greed is good” speech in the 1987 film “Wall Street.” In the movie, Gekko got his comeuppance Read More...

NFL players blast proposed Indiana "right to work" law

Jan 09, 2012 (15:12:00)

WASHINGTON—As NFL players, we know our success on the field comes from working together as a team. We’re not just a team of football players—we’re also the fans at games and at home, the employees who work the concession stands and the kids who wear the jerseys of our favorite football heroes Read More...

Christmas Party for unemployed families

Dec 30, 2011 (10:04:00)

For the 29th year, Bloomington, Illinois Laborers Local 362, in cooperation with local businesses, through the Chamber of Commerce, sponsored a Children's Christmas Party for unemployed families. To learn more, visit http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/hundreds-of-low-income-families-celebrate-christmas/article_4dbfe0c8-2901-11e1-8e90-0019bb2963f4.html#ixzz1gujlXyNy

Laborers 393 distributes Christmas baskets

Dec 30, 2011 (10:09:00)

For the 28th year, Laborers Local 393, Marseilles, Illinois, has been distributing Christmas baskets to unemployed families and families of deployed National Guard personnel. Read the full stories at http://mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=446364&query=people

http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=13BD78A52E7668C0&p_docnum=1

Sioux City Laborers rally for jobs

Dec 14, 2011 (09:36:13)

On Monday, December 12, 2011, Sioux City Laborers and other workers rallied for construction and infrastructure jobs. Here are links to stories that appeared in the local media:

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/builders-workers-rally-in-sioux-city-for-federal-highway-bill/article_d55a91d7-3a8a-5e57-bab2-f066964f6a99.html

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/video-union-leaders-rally-for-highway-funds/vmix_c4ad28d1-8f2b-50bc-bf1b-6201fa47b204.html

http://www.kcautv.com/story/16308777/highway-bill-could-increase-public-safety-and-jobs

http://www.kpth.com/story/16308902/construction-workers-rally-for-iowas-roads

http://www.ktiv.com/story/16309551/union-rallys-to-pass-highway-bill

Obama's New Square Deal

Dec 08, 2011 (17:25:41)

Washington - President Obama has decided that he is more likely to win if the election is about big things rather than small ones. He hopes to turn the 2012 campaign from a plebiscite about the current state of the economy into a referendum about the broader progressive tradition that made us a middle-class nation. For the second time, he intends to stake his fate on a battle for the future Read More...