Illinois
Illinois budget crisis deepens, as lawmakers recess
June 7, 2010Suffering from the worst budget deficit in state history, the Illinois legislature passed a FY 2011 budget in late May that will mean continued devastation of education and social service programs.
Read moreChicago unemployed organize
June 2, 2010Unemployed workers took to the streets the day after Memorial Day to demand jobs and extension of unemployment benefits.
Read moreThousands descend on City Hall to stop teacher layoffs
May 28, 2010Over 4,000 teachers, parents and students surrounded City Hall and stopped traffic here May 25 demanding no teacher layoffs or funding cuts for the city's public schools.
Read moreVoices silenced in 1887 heard louder than ever this May Day
May 3, 2010CHICAGO - "Like those guys," said former Starbucks worker Joe Tessane, pointing to the Haymarket monument behind him, "I'm not giving up."
Read moreDon’t do business at Congress Hotel, strikers urge
April 22, 2010"We're here to ask your support in our strike against the Congress Hotel - our families have been suffering for seven long years."
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