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Advocating full educational funding, multiple unions are uniting in a “People Over Profits” statewide campaign, entitled Fair Funding Fridays.  Education unions gathered at Normal’s Uptown Circle on Friday, February 6, to echo that call.

Local labor, business, and civic partners united for the 43rd Annual Children’s Christmas Party distribution, Saturday, December 13, from 8 – 11 a.m., a drive-through event at the Midwest Food Bank, 2031 Warehouse Road, Normal.

Since its earliest days, the AFL-CIO has argued that the dignity and freedom of working people are fundamental human rights, aligning our mission with the principles later enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Today, those rights are under attack.

With our McLean County Museum of History "Deadly Deception: the Asbestos Tragedy in McLean County" exhibit, the Labor Hour of Power in Washington D.C. did an interview with Mike Matejka, broadcast on October 30 on Pacifica Radio.

The government shutdown has now dragged on for 23 days. Across the country, federal workers are struggling to pay bills without their paychecks.

This is the next post in our series that will take a deeper look at each of our affiliates. The series will run weekly until we've covered all 63 of our affiliates. Next up is the Seafarers International Union (SIU).