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Illinois AFL-CIO News Updates:

News Update 5/24/20

Workers Score Huge Legislative Wins
Endorse Labor-Supported Fair Tax Today
Mendoza-backed Rule Change Protects Prevailing Wage
Metro-East Unions provide "snacks-to-go" to Hospital Workers

News Update 5/01/20

Conservative Judge Rules to Protect Profits over People in Workers' Compensation Case
State Federation Addresses COVID-19
Durbin/Duckworth Meet with Illinois AFL-CIO Board
Labor 2020 Moves Forward, Zone Meetings Held
Illinois AFL-CIO 44th Constitutional Convention Call mailed
COVID-19 Adds to Importance of Workers Memorial Day

AFL-CIO Endorses Joe Biden for President 05/26/20

National AFL-CIO announces endorsement for President

Martin Luther King, Jr. Address to Illinois AFL-CIO on 10/07/65

The speech, in substance, delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights Leader from Atlanta, GA, to delegates at the 8th Annual Convention of the Illinois State AFL-CIO, in Springfield, IL, October 4-7, 1965.

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Illinois Legislative bill information, tracking, voting records – www.ilga.gov
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For more information or specific questions on legislative issues, contact
Magda Derisma, IL AFL-CIO Legislative Director at 217/492-2632.