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UIC workers testify for justice, prepare for strike
BY Staff | Chicago, IL | 8/19/10
Two administrative workers from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Jennifer Edwards (left) and Jackie Kurzeja (right), testify to members of the Illinois State Senate, Aug. 11.
SEIU Local 73, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Workers hold forum on UIC’s discriminatory practices
BY Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 7/28/10
As part of strike preparations at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), a leadership group from all three committees met at the famed DuSable Museum of African American history on July 23.
SEIU Local 73, University of Illinois - Chicago (UIC)
1200 more UIC workers to vote on striking
BY Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 7/28/10
Between July 30 and August 2, 800 service and maintenance workers and 400 technical workers at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) will take strike votes. Bargaining for the two contracts has gone on since February and ground to a stop in the past several weeks.
SEIU Local 73, University of Illinois - Chicago (UIC)
Interview with Sal Rosselli, leader of National Union of Healthcare Workers
BY Staff | Minneapoils, MN | 5/20/10
Fight Back! reporters interviewed Sal Rosselli on April 21, 2010 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was in Minneapolis to speak at a fundraiser for the National Union of Healthcare Workers.
National Union of Healthcare Workers, NUHW, Sal Roselli, SEIU
March 4 Chicago protest demands “Chop from the top!”
BY Staff | Chicago, IL | 3/04/10
There was a forceful protest of over 250 people at the University of Illinois-Chicago who came out to defend education and to fight for fair contracts, March 4.
March 4th Movement, SEIU Local 73
Janitors' Supporters Prepare for Civil Disobedience
BY Brad Sigal | Minneapolis, MN | 2/10/10
On Saturday, Feb. 6, about 40 people gathered at the Minneapolis Labor Center to train for civil disobedience in support of the janitors of SEIU Local 26.
civil disobedience, janitors, SEIU Local 26
Janitors Vote to Authorize Strike in Minneapolis
BY Brad Sigal | Minneapolis, MN | 2/02/10
On Jan. 30, hundreds of janitors, mostly Latino and East African immigrants, held a spirited meeting at the Minneapolis Labor Center and voted nearly unanimously to authorize a strike.
janitors, SEIU Local 26
Union Activist Targeted by UIC Administration
BY Staff | Chicago, IL | 7/07/09
An unfair labor practices charge against the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) has been filed with the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board.
SEIU Local 73, UIC
UIC Bailed Out, but Workers Sold Out
BY Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 5/27/09
The University of Illinois Board of Trustees had protesters inside and outside their meeting here, May 21.
Budget Cuts, SEIU Local 73, University of Illinois - Chicago, urban mission
Workers rally and say, "It’s about respect"
BY Staff | Gary, IN | 5/17/09
Edgewater Systems for Balanced Living is a social service agency here whose services cover children with developmental disorders as well as adults with chronic mental illness.
Edgwater Systems, Teamsters Local 743
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