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The Bloomington & Normal Trades & Labor Assembly annual Workers' Memorial Day commemoration will be Friday, April 28, 6 a.m., at Bloomington's White Oak Park, 1514 N Cottage Avenue, Bloomington.

On Tuesday, Starbucks founder and former CEO Howard Shultz testified in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. 

Picture a manufacturing worker. Are you imagining a woman wielding a torch or assembling an SUV? 

The manufacturing sector provides good jobs with family-supporting wages and benefits, which do not require four-year degrees. More women should hold these jobs.

The Paycheck Fairness Act increases penalties when employers violate equal pay provisions.

Women are now nearly 50% of the workforce—yet inequality in the workplace continues. Unequal pay, harassment and discrimination are just some of the abuses women face daily.

But when women stand together, they can demand equality. And a union contract delivers.

Two McLean County non-profits that aid school children received a substantial boost with $85,000 each from Laborers International Union of North America retired officer John Penn.