Union members’ votes in the general election may make or
break whether Democrats take back control of the House of
Representatives, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-9) said at a labor rally
in Lincolnshire Saturday morning.
Dozens of organized workers in Illinois’ 10th congressional district met with Schakowsky for a pep talk in support of
Democrat candidate Brad Schneider, who’s looking to defeat first-term
incumbent U.S. Rep. Bob Dold (R), before they branched off for a
door-to-door canvas of fellow union members in the area.
“We
cannot win this race, and we can’t save our country, without organized
labor,” Schakowsky said at the International Union, United Automobile,
Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America’s Region 4 office.
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Chicago Teachers Union members voted overwhelmingly this week to
approve a three-year contract, with the option of a fourth year, that
was hammered out amid a historic seven-day CTU strike. Now comes the
challenge of paying for the deal, which has so far largely played out as
a battle between the union and district on school closings. 
Striking WalMart subcontractors joined with Chicago labor activists
Monday to effectively blockade a major WalMart supply
warehouse in the Will County town of Elwood.
As election day nears, members of UNITE HERE Local 1 were asked about what they thought of President Barack Obama and the job he has done thus far. A recurrent theme of seeing the President as a source of inspiration ran through many of their responses and was the catalyst for a new video released by the union this week.
The following was written by Anders Lindall, spokesman for AFSCME Council 31, in response to the 
The following op-ed is by Brooke Anderson, Press Secretary to Governor Pat Quinn.