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By a 5-3 vote, the Bloomington City Council approved a $4.5 million property tax reimbursement for downtown luxury apartments.  Local trade union members from Laborers 362, IBEW Local 197 and Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 99 filled the meeting, encouraging the Council to mandate preva

Retired Laborers International Union of North America Vice-President and Midwest Regional Manager John Penn and his wife Mary were awarded the Heartland Community College President's Medallion at a June 16 ceremony at the College.

President Biden has invested in infrastructure, strengthened workers’ rights, protected our retirements, boosted Buy American rules, helped families through a pandemic, lowered prescription costs and more.

Above all, he has championed unions.

For the last 20 years, starting with Greg Koos and Mike Matejka, The McLean County Museum of History has offered a downtown Bloomington Social Justice Walking tour, including labor stories.

The McLean County Museum of History (MCMH) and Not In Our Town (NIOT) are proud to announce a new Social Justice walking tour website, chronicling historic Bloomington events.  Thanks to a generous “Under Our Wing” grant from Business Builders Marketing, this website guides people to a

Congratulations to National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 522 for another successful food drive on Saturday, May 13. The Letter Carriers Food Drive is the nation's largest one-day food drive- - all items collected are distributed through local food pantries.