Janitors lose O’Hare job battle

Dec. 14, 2012
Hundreds of unionized janitors at O’Hare International Airport lost their jobs in a contentious contract deal.

Fast food and retail workers march on the Mag Mile

Dec. 13, 2012
A worker advocacy group is asking downtown businesses to pay their employees at least $15 an hour.

O'Hare workers call for contract re-bid

Dec. 12, 2012
Union workers and a group of Chicago aldermen want the city to rebid a controversial contract at O’Hare International Airport.The city signed a $99 million contract with a new janitorial company called United Maintenance.

Right-to-work landscape in the Rust Belt

Dec. 12, 2012
A look at the landscape in some Rust Belt states that have pushed for right-to-work plans in recent years — some successfully, others not:ILLINOISIllinois has not seen a serious right-to-work movement largely because of a near Democratic lock on the General Assembly in the pas

The radical past of home economics

Dec. 12, 2012
A new  Hull House exhibition presents the radical past and future of home economics.

Is right-to-work helping Indiana's economy?

Dec. 11, 2012
As the state of Michigan passes right to work legislation, some in Indiana are remembering their own struggle nearly a year ago. And depending on who you ask, the results are mixed.

Chicago's lakefront: A visual show-and-tell

Dec. 11, 2012
Curious citizen Miriam Reuter wondered how Chicago's coastline has changed over the decades. We learn that from nature to industry and back again (sorta), the lakefront’s changed so much that city founders wouldn’t recognize it.

Michigan Legislature sends governor right-to-work plan

Dec. 11, 2012
The Michigan Legislature gave final approval Tuesday to a bitterly contested right-to-work plan limiting the power of unions, a devastating and once unthinkable defeat for organized labor in a state considered a cradle of the movement.

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