A ruling from the National Labor Relations Board on the so-called "Kentucky River" cases is expected as soon as this week. 

At issue is the definition of the word "supervisor" which could determine for years to come the rights of millions of current and future workers to receive protection from a labor union.

For more information, visit the AFL-CIO blog.

By Ameet Sachdev

Two of Midway Airport's largest carriers expressed initial reservations about the city's plan to turn the airfield's operations over to a for-profit private operator as soon as the second half of next year.

The Daley administration revealed preliminary details of its plan in an application seeking approval to lease Midway to a private entity filed with the Federal Aviation Administration last week. It is the first step in a complicated transaction few U.S. airports have undertaken.

Crain's Chicago Business 

Henry Tamarin is the never-ending negotiator. 

After spending the past several weeks cutting deals with owners and operators of 26 hotels in Chicago, the 61-year-old president of Unite Here Local 1 still has contracts to hammer out with food-service companies and independent hotel owners.

Next year, Mr. Tamarin will start negotiations for 3,400 food-service workers at Chicago Public Schools.

By Fran Spielman 

Chicago aldermen -- and those who covet their $98,125-a-year jobs -- started circulating nominating petitions on Tuesday amid turbulent forecasts: as many as 15 of the City Council's 50 incumbents could go down to defeat.