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by Adam Doster
1:35pm
Tue Sep 8, 2009
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Progressives Roll Out Plans For Major Banking Protest In October

Labor

The New York Times' Paul Krugman includes some jolting economic figures in his Sunday magazine cover story
this past weekend. Since the housing bubble popped, U.S. households
have seen $13 trillion in wealth evaporate and over 6 million jobs have
been lost. But the Wall ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
12:15pm
Thu Sep 3, 2009

Study: Pay Violations Rampant In Chicago

Wages

For months, the good folks at the Chicago-based Interfaith Worker Justice and elected officials like Rep. Phil Hare have been leading the fight
to protect low-wage workers from wage theft. Unfortunately, it's not
the only type of abuse many low-income Americans face on the ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:12am
Wed Sep 2, 2009
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Giannoulias, Quinn Back Quad City Die Workers

Banking

With the closure of Moline's Quad City Die Casting Plant just days away, the union representing the 100 laid-off workers is fighting
the company's management and its main creditor, Wells Fargo, for
refusing to pay out earned vacation pay and health insurance benefits
to ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
12:04pm
Tue Sep 1, 2009
1 comment

Hotel Contract Expires, UNITE-HERE Fights On

Wages

Workers at the Congress Hotel haven't had a contract in six years. As of 12 hours ago, neither do 6,000 of their union colleagues throughout the city. A three-year contract covering UNITE-HERE Local 1 workers at 30 downtown hotels expired at midnight yesterday and ...

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by Adam Doster
11:01am
Mon Aug 31, 2009

Quad City Die Workers Fight For Backpay

Banking

The bad news just keeps coming for the employees of Moline's Quad City Die Casting. Earlier this summer, the company announced
it would close the 60-year-old aluminum manufacturing plant after Wall
Street giant Wells Fargo refused to extend the credit required to ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
2:59pm
Thu Aug 27, 2009

Rep. Hare On The Closure Of Rock Island's Seaford Clothing Plant

Labor

In addition to chatting about health care reform yesterday, I also asked Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL) about the abrupt closure of the Seaford Clothing plant in his district earlier this month. 

A bit of background: The Rock Island factory was owned and operated by Hartmarx Inc...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
2:32pm
Wed Aug 26, 2009

The Future Of (Limited) Employer-Sponsored Health Care

Labor

Yesterday, employees at the SK Hand Tool Corp.'s factories in Chicago and McCook hit the picket line in protest of their company's decision to pull the plug abruptly on their health insurance benefits. The Sun-Times made a trip out to the site and talked with workers like ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
4:11pm
Fri Aug 21, 2009
1 comment

2010 Grab Bag: Giannoulias Snags More Endorsements, Republicans Unravel, and Meet President Preckwinkle? (UPDATED)

IL-11

Here's our latest roundup on 2010 political news ... Giannoulias Snags More Endorsements Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias racked up a few more endorsements this week, including one from the Illinois Democratic County Chairman’s Association (ILDCCA)  on ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
4:04pm
Thu Aug 20, 2009
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Another Uptick In The Unemployment Rate

Economy

When the Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released a rather
encouraging jobs report showing that the national unemployment rate
actually fell in July --  for the first time in 15 months --  we wondered
if Illinois' rate would follow suit. Today the state's latest ...