The results of Tuesday’s elections are clear: Working people are tired of falling behind while billionaires get richer.
It's time for change.
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There’s nothing scarier than standing up for what's right all by yourself. Good thing you don’t have to. Get organized. Join a union.
Happy Halloween!
Franklin Park Library workers set up a Halloween-themed picket to protest the scary proposals management has made at the bargaining table.
A strong library means a strong community. FPL management and its board should back off those proposals and agree to a fair contract.
A teacher turned organizer, Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers, which become America’s first and largest union of farmworkers. Under her leadership, thousands of farmworkers won security and dignity through union contracts for the first time.
An empowered and unified workforce leads to greater employee satisfaction, retention and productivity, resulting in a better library for everyone,” Geneva Public Library workers wrote in a public letter. That's why they're claiming their voice on the job by forming a union!
Congratulations to the AFSCME members who keep Illinois State University running! They secured a new contract and returned to work this week after being on strike for four weeks. afscme.org/blog/illinois-sta…
Illinois State students see and feel the work members of AFSCME Local 1110 do every day to keep the campus running. Without their work, dorms aren’t cleaned, food isn’t served and grounds aren’t picked up.
Throughout the first day of the strike, students have been standing proudly with the workers: tabling outside the student center, handing out snacks to strikers, and showing support in other ways.
Wednesday morning, members of AFSCME Local 1110 who work for Illinois State University are walking off the job on strike.
Caring for people with disabilities isn’t just a job—it’s a calling. Direct support professionals (DSPs) answer that call with love, care and compassion. But chronically low wages mean they struggle to provide for their families.
BREAKING: Members of AFSCME Local 1110 who work for Illinois State University have voted by a 97% MARGIN to authorize a STRIKE! Local 1110 sent a 10-day notice of their intent to strike to ISU President Tarhule yesterday, meaning they could walk off anytime on or after April 8.
Then Jesse Jackson came to town. Jackson stood alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in support of the 1968 AFSCME sanitation strike in Memphis. Now, the civil rights leader and peacemaker was coming to Metro East to stand with AFSCME members in their struggle for dignity.

















