Chicago aldermen who oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will introduce a resolution at Wednesday's city council meeting urging the Illinois Congressional Delegation to reject the 12-nation trade agreement.
Alds. Susan Sadlowski Garza (10th), David Moore (17th), Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th) and Anthony Napolitano (41st) joined labor allies at City Hall Tuesday afternoon to announce the resolution, which is being proposed ahead of next week's Democratic National Convention.
"We're calling on the delegates at the Democratic National Convention to take this off part of their platform agenda so that they can look out for the working class, for the people that they are supposed to represent," Sadlowski Garza stressed.
With Monday marking the start of the state legislature's spring session, Illinoisans are urging lawmakers to support a "Responsible Budget Resolution."
Chicago Ald. Will Burns (4th), chairman of the city council's education committee, thwarted a resolution on Monday calling for a statewide moratorium on the opening of new charter schools.
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State lawmakers, with support from Exelon, filed legislation Thursday for a proposed "Low Carbon Portfolio Standard" as a means to boost the company's financially-struggling power plants.
Chicago aldermen who oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will introduce a resolution at Wednesday's city council meeting urging the Illinois Congressional Delegation to reject the 12-nation trade agreement.