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(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

By a 17-0 vote, Starbucks workers at the College Hills store in Normal voted in a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election to certify Starbucks Workers United (SWU) as their agent and joined a national union drive.  SWU is part of Workers United, a Service Employees International

McLean County union trades are protesting the remodeling work at the Uptown Normal Marriott, which is using out of state labor through a Missouri contractor, ECI construction.

The workers are lodged in the hotel and doing the remodeling work floor by floor.

Registered apprenticeships are the gold standard of job training programs. They provide workers with life-changing skills and a pathway to good jobs that support families and lift communities.