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Lost jobs cause unionization rate to rise
Union members weathered the pandemic economic downturn better than other workers
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Ted CoxU.S. Union Membership, Coronavirus, COVID-19, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, State of the Unions 2020, Janus, Illinois Union Workers, Project for Middle Class Renewal, Robert Bruno, Frank Manzo IV, Illinois Economic Policy Institute
Public pensions are not an albatross
In debate over federal bailouts, don’t lose sight of what pensions are: promised retirement income for workers who’ve earned it
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois Public Pensions, Illinois Pension Reform, Illinois Pensions, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Mitch McConnell, Don Harmon, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Janus, Taft-Hartley Act, Amanda Kass, David Frum
Report urges union push as membership slips
Unions address income inequality, but need boost, proposed ban on right-to-work laws
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Ted CoxUnions, Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program, U.S. Bureau pf Labor Statistics, U.S. Union Membership, Sharon Block, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Right-to-Work, Janus, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax
IPI head files 'garbage' suit on bonds
‘This lawsuit is not worth the paper it’s written on,’ says Pritzker spokeswoman
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Activists cheer election results
Forward Illinois says the election wasn’t partisan so much as it showed widespread appeal for a progressive agenda
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Ted CoxJack Darin, Jennifer Welch, Kady McFadden, Forward Illinois, Planned Parenthood Illinois Action, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, SEIU, Equality Illinois, Mike Ziri, Illinois Minimum Wage, Kwame Raoul, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Mike Pence, AFSCME Council 31, Janus v. AFSCME, Janus, Illinois Working Families
Rauner rips pensions while profiting off them
Rauner blames public pensions for state funding woes, even as his former firm made huge profits off them
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Gary Rivlin, Jay Rehak, Ralph Martire, The Intercept, GTCR, Illinois Public Unions, Illinois Public Pensions, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund, Janus
Public support for unions solid
New Gallup poll finds firm U.S. majority backs unions with approval rising
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, United Steelworkers, Unions, Illinois Public Unions, Working Families, Gallup, Janus, Illinois Policy Institute, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Labor Day
IPI working to bust teacher unions
The conservative Illinois Policy Institute, affiliated with Gov. Rauner, is urging teachers to abandon their unions
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Illinois Policy Institute, IPI, Janus, IEA, Chicago Teachers Union, CTU, Richard Uihlein, Erika Wozniak, Education, Unions
Rauner to EMTs: No union for you
Governor vetoes bipartisan bills intended to consider paramedics as firefighters
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Missouri shows support for unions
Voters reject right-to-work law sought by Rauner in first public test since Janus ruling
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Eric Greitens, Illinois Policy Institute, IPI, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, ILEPI, Frank Manzo IV, Mark Janus, Janus, Right-to-Work
Janus unleashes coordinated attack on unions
Rauner's new state website on changing union membership crosses line as 'strikingly partisan'
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Betsy DeVos, Illinois Policy Institute, Mackinac Center, Anders Lindall, Bridget Shanahan, AFSCME Council 31, Illinois Education Association, IEA, Unions, Fair Share, Janus, Janus v. AFSCME, Mark Janus
Supreme Court spikes union fees in Janus ruling
Illinois Education Association calls the case 'an assault on public unions'
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Illinois Education Association, IEA, Janus v. AFSCME, Janus, Neil Gorsuch, Merrick Garland, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, U.S. Supreme Court, Mark Janus, Richard Uihlein
