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From the Pantagraph, April 6, 2025

Last night, the Trump administration took its most blatantly anti-worker, anti-union action yet: an executive order stripping the right to organize from hundreds of thousands of federal workers at more than 30 agencies.

The Bloomington & Normal Trades & Labor Assembly (AFL-CIO) and the Livingston & McLean Counties Building & Construction Trades Council hosted a local candidates’ night, Monday, January 20, 6:30 p.m., at Laborers Local 362 Hall.

(BLOOMINGTON, IL) – On March 10, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) announced the ratification of a first union contract at the Bloomington, Illinois Barnes & Noble store.

February is Black History Month. And while we celebrate Black labor leaders and union members, both past and present, who have advanced real change, we won’t ignore the moment we find ourselves in right now. 

Bloomington's Barnes & Noble workers, organized by the Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union (AFL-CIO) are still negotiating for a first contract.  On Friday, December 20 they called for a one-day boycott, turning over 80 shoppers away.  Other unions stood with them t