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• CFL NEWS - April 19, 2018 City of Chicago Introduces Historic Plan to Transform O'Hare International Airport and Create Billions in Economic Development
  
• CFL NEWS - April 19, 2018 Head of Fire Fighters Local 2 Joins the CFL Executive Board
  
• CFL NEWS - April 19, 2018 AFL-CIO Midwest District Meeting Held in Chicago
  
• CFL NEWS - April 19, 2018 Special Olympics 50th Anniversary: Through Sports, a Movement for Inclusion was Started
  
• CFL NEWS - March 27, 2018 IBEW Local 134 Makes its New Home in Bronzeville
  
• CFL NEWS - March 27, 2018 Leader of NABET-CWA Local 41 Joins CFL Executive Board
  
• CFL NEWS - March 27, 2018 Tens of Thousands of Women Take to the Streets for Second Straight Year
  
• CFL NEWS - March 27, 2018 Uniting for Freedom and to End a Rigged System
  
• PRESS RELEASE - March 21, 2018 Working men and women prevail following last night’s Illinois Primary
  
• CFL NEWS - February 01, 2018 Chicago Welcomes Special Olympics Home for Its 50th Anniversary Celebration
  
• CFL NEWS - February 01, 2018 Chicago To Hotel Guests: “Hands Off Pants On”
  
• PRESS RELEASE - January 31, 2018 State of the State January 2018
  
• PRESS RELEASE - January 24, 2018 National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum Announces The 2018 Annual Gentle Warrior Awards Recipients Given at the Feb. 24 Gala
  2018 Gentle Warrior Awards Gala
• FACEBOOK - January 22, 2018 “In their amicus brief, the current bishops pointed...
  “In their amicus brief, the current bishops pointed to various papal statements and encyclicals in support of labor rights dating back to 1891’s Rerum novarum, issued by Pope Leo XIII. Pope Francis is also cited in a footnote, specifically a June 2017 address in which he told delegates from the Confederation of Trade Unions in Italy, ‘There is no good society without a good union, and there is no good union that is not reborn every day in the peripheries, that does not transform the discarded stones of the economy into its cornerstones.’”
• FACEBOOK - January 20, 2018 And this was only his first year...
  And this was only his first year
• FACEBOOK - January 20, 2018 A government shut down denies families across the c...
  A government shut down denies families across the country the services they depend every day. This will also mean thousands of government workers will not work or will be forced to work without pay until funding is restored.
• FACEBOOK - January 15, 2018 Thank you to the bus and train operators at ATU Loc...
  Thank you to the bus and train operators at ATU Locals 241 and 308 for moving Chicagoans around the city every day.
• FACEBOOK - January 14, 2018 In October 2017, graduate student employees at the ...
  In October 2017, graduate student employees at the University of Chicago voted overwhelmingly in favor of a union (1,103 to 479). The vote came months after multiple attempts by the University administration to fight their petition at the NLRB and in court.
• FACEBOOK - January 11, 2018 Reminder: Deadline for applications for the William...
  Reminder: Deadline for applications for the William A. Lee Memorial Scholarship is February 14, 2018. Don't miss out! http://www.chicagolabor.org/union-resources/scholarship-information
• FACEBOOK - January 11, 2018 “The Republicans who drafted the corporate tax cut ...
  “The Republicans who drafted the corporate tax cut promised that it would lead to more business investment and therefore economic growth. But as Pfizer demonstrates, all the incentives run in the opposite direction: More investment in shareholder welfare, less economic growth, and less attention to what corporations are supposed to exist for — improving people’s lives.”
• FACEBOOK - January 10, 2018 Beautiful story of SEIU Local 1 member and operator...
  Beautiful story of SEIU Local 1 member and operator of Chicago’s last manual elevator.
• FACEBOOK - January 10, 2018 It’s great to see that Chicago’s labor community on...
  It’s great to see that Chicago’s labor community once again spearheads a movement for the betterment of workers.
• FACEBOOK - January 09, 2018 The Illinois primary election is 70 days away. Chec...
  The Illinois primary election is 70 days away. Check out the list of candidates endorsed by the CFL. http://www.chicagolabor.org/take-action/3.20.18-Primary-Endorsement-List-1.9.18.pdf
• PRESS RELEASE - October 11, 2017 As News Continues to Unfold in Hollywood About Allegations of Sexual Assault Against Film Studio Executive Harvey Weinstein, Chicago City Council Passes an Ordinance to Protect Chicago Hotel Workers from Sexual Harassment and Assault
  Ordinance will help ensure hotel workers have panic buttons and other safety measures to protect against sexual violence by guests
• PRESS RELEASE - July 13, 2017 NEWLY-FORMED GROUP ANNOUNCES PURCHASE OF CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, OTHER WRAPPORTS PROPERTIES AND ANSWERS MEDIA
  Announcing the purchase of the Chicago Sun-Times and other properties.
• PRESS RELEASE - June 19, 2017 Chicagoans Rally to Save the Chicago Sun-Times
  Statement from Chicago Federation of Labor President Jorge Ramirez and Edwin Eisendrath on submitting a bid to purchase the Chicago Sun-Times
• PRESS RELEASE - February 15, 2017 Statement from CFL President Jorge Ramirez on Governor Rauner's Budget Address
  
• PRESS RELEASE - January 31, 2017 Statement from Jorge Ramirez, President of the Chicago Federation of Labor, regarding President Trump’s executive orders on immigration
  
• PRESS RELEASE - January 25, 2017 Statement from Illinois Working Together on Gov. Rauner's State of the State Address
  
• PRESS RELEASE - May 04, 2016 Statement regarding Friends of the Parks’ opposition to building the Lucas Museum on the site of McCormick Place East