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May 8, 2008

Weekly Labor Report

Weekly Labor Report
May 8, 2008

1. Retiree Benefits for State Workers in Collective Bargaining
2. State Unemployment Deceptively Unchanged in 2008
3. Latino Union in Chicago Struggles with Falling Pay
4. AFL-CIO in Alliance with Enlace, Mexican Labor Rights Group
5. Unions Exceptionally Successful in Healthcare Industry
6. Rockford Police Lieutenants Want Membership in Union, but City Rejects Request
7. Fraternal Order of Police Secures New Contract with SUIC
8. Key Chicago Unions Take No Position on Children's Museum
9. Keith Kelleher of SEIU Chicago Demands Apology from United Healthcare Workers-West

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April 14, 2008

Weekly Labor Report

Weekly Labor Report (plus backlog)
April 14, 2008

1. Charter School Teachers Move to Form Union
2. Firefighters Call on Illinois Labor Relations Board
3. United Technologies Layoffs in Rockford
4. Ford Layoffs in Chicago
5. Illinois Based Companies Supportive of Free-Trade with Columbia
6. University of Illinois at Chicago Graduate Students March on Provost's Office
7. First Transit Workers Join Teamsters
8. Union Music Teachers File Grievance against District
9. Service Employees' International Union Struggles Over Structure
10. Unionized University of Illinois Faculty in Minority
11. Protest Against Prison Shutdown in Will County

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February 21, 2008

Weekly Labor Report

Weekly Labor Report
Feb 21, 2008

1. Employee Classification Act Takes Effect 1 Jan 2008
2. Peoira Benefited by Water Resource Act
3. AFL-CIO Protests Department of Homeland Security's Demand to Identify Travelers as Unionists
4. West Central IL Building Construction Trades Council Meets with Customers

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