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Americans are pro-union

Sep. 03, 2021

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Sep. 03, 2021

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Americans are pro-union

Americans’ approval of labor unions is at the highest point it’s been in decades—68%—a recent Gallup poll found.

Americans are pro-union

School joins Art Institute of Chicago Workers United and AFSCME

Aug. 10, 2021

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Aug. 10, 2021

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School joins Art Institute of Chicago Workers United and AFSCME

More than 300 employees of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago are forming a union, joining 300 workers on the museum side of the Art Institute. Both groups are coming together as the Art Institute of Chicago Workers United (AICWU).

School joins Art Institute of Chicago Workers United and AFSCME

Art Institute of Chicago workers join AFSCME

Aug. 03, 2021

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Aug. 03, 2021

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Art Institute of Chicago workers join AFSCME

More than 300 employees of the Art Institute of Chicago are forming a union, the Art Institute of Chicago Workers United (AICWU), with AFSCME. The announcement came Aug. 3 in a public letter signed by 60 employees.

Art Institute of Chicago workers join AFSCME

Child tax credits arrive

Jul. 22, 2021

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Jul. 22, 2021

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Child tax credits arrive

Last week AFSCME members got a big boost in their “mailboxes”—the largest-ever tax cut for working families in American history is the newly expanded child tax credit, part of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan.

Child tax credits arrive

Big win for Niles public library

Jul. 22, 2021

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Jul. 22, 2021

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Big win for Niles public library

One day after a rally when more than 150 AFSCME members and their supporters spoke out against threatened cuts to library staff, services and hours, the Niles-Maine library board approved a budget plan that avoids the worst of the cuts.

Big win for Niles public library