Aug 20, 2019 | Yednock
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, passed a new law that updates current firefighter training policy to cover the history and impact of the labor movement. Yednock worked with the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois to pass this...
Oct 12, 2017 | Hoffman
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, is urging his colleagues in the House to override Gov. Rauner’s veto of a bill that protects collective bargaining rights for working people in Illinois. “This governor has time and time again made unprecedented...
Oct 11, 2017 | Walsh
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Larry Walsh, Jr., D-Elwood, is criticizing Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a bill that would have protected working men and women in Illinois by preserving their right to collectively bargain. “Working people’s right to negotiate as a group...
Jul 6, 2017 | Walsh
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Legislation sponsored by state Rep. Larry Walsh, Jr., D-Elwood, protecting the rights of working men and women in Illinois by preserving the right for them to collectively bargain recently passed the House of Representatives with bipartisan...