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by Progress Illinois
12:07pm
Tue Sep 29, 2009

UE Sponsoring "Capitalism" Screening This Thursday

Labor

Interested in catching a sneak peek of Michael Moore's new documentary, "Capitalism: A Love Story"?  As a fundraiser for their Warehouse Workers For Justice campaign, the United Electrical Workers are sponsoring a screening this Thursday evening in Chicago.  The ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
9:59am
Tue Sep 29, 2009

Health Care Round-Up: Young People Demand Reform, Schakowsky Optimistic About Public Option, Public Opinion Swings In September

Congress

Here is the latest news from the health care reform battle -- both in D.C. and here in Illinois. Young People Demand Reform Republicans looking to downplay the health care crisis in America often portray the population of uninsured young people as a collection of ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
12:07pm
Mon Sep 28, 2009
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IL-GOV: UNITE-HERE To Endorse Quinn

Pat Quinn

Despite many years as a political outsider, Gov. Pat Quinn continues to line up crucial institutional support for his 2010 campaign. Two weeks after receiving signficant endorsements from the SEIU Illinois State Council (which sponsors this website) and the Teamsters ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
9:43am
Mon Sep 28, 2009
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Kirk, Roskam Join The Glenn Beck Brigade

Mark Kirk

This morning, U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk and fellow Republican Rep. Peter Roskam will hold a press conference in downtown Chicago that aims to directly tie SEIU Illinois (which sponsors this website) to the embattled Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
9:06am
Fri Sep 25, 2009
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Munoz, UNITE-HERE Workers Stage Chicago Avenue Sit-In (UPDATED)

Labor

Nearly a month after their multi-year contract expired and with no agreement in sight, 6,000 Chicago-based hotel workers represented by UNITE-HERE Local 1 decided yesterday it was time to raise their profile. In a dramatic and peaceful act of protest, 22nd Ward Ald. Ric ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
4:47pm
Thu Sep 24, 2009
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Rally Cap: Putting Wells Fargo On Trial

Foreclosure

"Rally Cap" is a new recurring feature at Progress Illinois in which we recap -- with photography or video -- progressive-oriented protests and political rallies held around the state.

Summary:
Since pocketing a $25 billion taxpayer bailout last year, Wells ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
3:11pm
Thu Sep 24, 2009

Giannoulias, Balanoff Hit Kirk For Missing Unemployment Vote

IL-U.S. Senate

At today's endorsement event at SEIU Illinois State Council headquarters, Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias and union president Tom Balanoff both called
out GOP frontrunner Mark Kirk for missing this week's
congressional vote to extend unemployment benefits.  Watch it...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
4:54pm
Wed Sep 23, 2009

Burger, Trumka To Join October Banking Protest In Chicago

SEIU

Earlier this month, we reported that National People's Action, the SEIU Illinois Council (which sponsors this website), and dozens of other regional progressive organizations are planning a major protest to coincide with the American Bankers Association (ABA) conference in ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:05am
Mon Sep 21, 2009

A Sign Of The Times

Labor

Can there be anything more dispiriting than being hired to dismantle the factory where you spent decades working?  And all so the owners can eventually ship the equipment to foreign plants. Newstips' Curtis Black has the latest from the ArcelorMittal factory in Hennepin...