Anew California rule mandating a switch to zero-emissions locomotives could create scores of new union jobs, especially if other states follow suit. But…

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s third-place finish in Chicago’s mayoral race this week made national headlines. Mainstream pundits largely attributed the outcome to Chicagoans’…

Railroad workers packed themselves into hotel conference rooms near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in June 2022 to talk fervently about a momentous event…

While Illinois phases out coal, clean energy jobs hold promise—both for displaced coal workers, and those harmed by the fossil fuel economy

Mining companies increasingly rely on cheaper contractors who face longer hours and higher risk of accidents

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At Trump’s Milwaukee rally, supporters boasted that he’s ushered in an economic miracle. Democrats face the challenge of convincing them otherwise

The next six weeks will provide a critical referendum on whether people really want to “take back” their city, and give García and other independents the chance—beyond listening and criticizing—to begin the hard work of building a city that works for everyone

Today, in a revamped Campbell's Soup building in an industrial and residential section of southwest Chicago, the New Era Windows Cooperative will…

(5 / 4 / 2010) — As the economic crisis grinds on for working people around the world, two impressive examples of…