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Judge blasts Emanuel ally John Coli, Teamsters, orders $2.3 million payment

Chicago Sun-Times
08/03/2015

A Cook County judge has handed a stinging rebuke to John Coli, a major union backer of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, ordering him and a Teamsters local that represents more than 12,000 government employees to pay more than $2.3 million to resolve a lawsuit over a broken lease for offices in Des Plaines.

Judge says 2014 Chicago pension overhaul unconstitutional

Daily Chronicle
07/27/2015

A Cook County judge on Friday threw out a 2014 law aimed at reducing multibillion-dollar shortfalls in two Chicago pension funds, a decision city officials have said could leave the retirement accounts insolvent in a little more than a decade or lead to massive tax increases.

To Save the Economy, Strengthen Unions

May 28, 2015: Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains in this 2 ½ minute video how to strengthen unions to save our economy. Watch the video and pass it along.

Teamsters Stand Up to Fight for $15

May 20, 2015: Tens of thousands of workers and supporters in 120 cities rallied, protested, and went on strike on April 15, including Wal-Mart employees, fast-food workers, homecare workers, and others.

New York Can Lead the Way to Higher Pay

The New York Times
05/19/2015

The Fight for $15, a global effort to raise the pay of low-wage workers, has circled back to where it began. Protests by fast-food workers in New York City in 2012 got the movement started, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo has now given the effort its biggest boost so far by announcing the creation of a board to look into raising wages for the state’s more than 180,000 fast-food workers. Its first public meeting will be in New York City on Wednesday.

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