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by Angela Caputo
3:38pm
Mon Jun 29, 2009
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Hartmarx Workers Celebrate In Des Plaines (UPDATED)

Banking

Today workers at the Hartmarx factory in Des
Plaines had plenty of reasons to be thankful.  After weeks of
uncertainty about the company's future -- coupled with an aggressive
effort to organize and apply political pressure to creditor Wells Fargo -- the 125-year-old ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
1:02pm
Fri Jun 26, 2009
13 comments

Unemployed Workers Await Quinn's Signature

Unemployment

For months now, we've been urging the General Assembly
to pass legislation that would enable the state to to qualify for seven
additional weeks of unemployment benefits. After all, the extension is
funded entirely by the federal government as part of the stimulus
...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
9:05pm
Thu Jun 25, 2009

Judge To Hartmarx Workers: "Sounds Like You Have Jobs To Go Back To"

Labor

The parties involved in the Hartmarx bankruptcy auction returned to federal court today and reports this morning indicated that the so-called creditors committee was unhappy with certain aspects of the deal in question.  But by the end of the day, those concerns seem to have ...

PI Original
by Progress Illinois
10:54am
Thu Jun 25, 2009

Hare Calls EFCA A "Second Stimulus Package"

Congress

In an op-ed in The Hill today, Rep. Phil Hare revisits the Employee Free Choice Act, pushing for its passage and arguing that it represents a "second stimulus package."  Hare does a particularly good job of describing the rationale for the bill: specifically, the ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
9:51am
Wed Jun 24, 2009
2 comments

UE Calls On Wells Fargo To Prevent "Jobicide"

Labor

Earlier this month, Baltimore officials filed a federal lawsuit
against the embattled Wall Street bank Wells Fargo, alleging the
company systematically singled out
black residents for high-interest subprime mortgages, leading to a wave
of foreclosures that is costing the ...

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by Josh Kalven
11:18am
Mon Jun 22, 2009

Final Deadline For Hartmarx Bids (UPDATED)

Labor

At a federal bankruptcy court hearing earlier this month, Judge Bruce W. Black approved British private equity firm Emerisque as the "stalking horse" bidder to purchase struggling suitmaker Hartmarx, Inc.  Black also set today, June 22, as the deadline for ...

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by Adam Doster
3:01pm
Fri Jun 19, 2009

Congress Hotel Expansion Approved While Strike Continues

Labor

Just days after Gov. Pat Quinn and State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias joined labor and community leaders to commemorate the six year anniversary of the Congress Hotel strike, the establishment's owners netted a huge win at City Hall. In front of a rowdy audience that ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
11:18am
Fri Jun 19, 2009

Charter Teachers Seal Union Bid

Education

Yesterday, employees at three Chicago International Charter Schools (CICS) campuses made history by becoming the first charter teachers in the city to unionize. As regular readers know, their organizing campaign has been rocky at times. The bid grew out of frustration ...

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by Adam Doster
1:35pm
Thu Jun 18, 2009
1 comment

Study: Plant Closing Would Hurt Quad Cities

Labor

When he took over Wells Fargo's regional operations in Davenport, IA six years ago, bank president John Stavnes told the Quad-City Times that his priorities
included economic and community development. Tell that to the workers
at Quad City Die Casting across the Mississippi ...