BY staff | Chicago, IL | 7/15/21
On July 12, more than 2500 Cook County, Illinois workers who are members of SEIU Local 73 ended an 18-day strike after winning major improvements on key issues.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 7/11/21
Cook County workers in are standing strong after 17 days on strike.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 7/11/21
Cook County workers in are standing strong after 17 days on strike.
BY staff | Chicago. IL | 7/09/21
Workers at Cook County in Illinois have been on strike for two weeks as of today, July 8.
BY Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 7/05/21
Hundreds of workers clad in purple rallied in 90-degree heat in front of Provident Hospital on Chicago’s South Side today, July 5
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 7/01/21
Striking members of SEIU Local 73 in the highway and transportation division of Cook County government shut down a construction site in Buffalo Grove, a town in the suburbs northwest of Chicago.
BY Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 6/27/21
Hundreds of striking members of SEIU Local 73 rallied today, June 26.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 6/26/21
2449 members of SEIU Local 73 who work at Cook County Health in Chicago began an open-ended strike on Friday, June 25 at 6 a.m.
BY Staff | United States | 1/15/21
On International Human Rights Day, December 10, the Philippine National Police raided the homes and jailed Dennise Velasco of Defend Jobs Philippines; Romina Astudillo, Deputy Secretary-General of Kilusang Mayo Uno-Metro Manila; Mark Ryan Cruz, Regional Executive Committee of KMU-Metro Manila; Jaymie Gregorio Jr. of KMU-Metro Manila; Joel Demate of Solidarity of Labor Rights and Welfare (SOLAR); Rodrigo Esparago of Sandigang Manggagawa sa Quezon City (SMQC), and journalist Lady Ann Salem, Communication Officer of the International Association of Women in Radio and Television and editor for the online news site Manila Today. The raids allegedly generated an armory of high-powered rifles and explosives in each of the residences searched.
BY Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 9/25/20
The largest strike since the economic crisis hit came to an end at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), September 24.
