University of Illinois Dean of Libraries Claire Stewart, second from right, announces that the decision to lay off library clerk Catherine Nguyen, left, will not be changed as Nguyen's mother ...

Members of SEIU Local 73, the union that represents building- and food-service workers at the University of Illinois, walk a picket line near the Illini Union on Monday in Urbana.

On Monday, faculty and staff at Chicago State University, members of the University Professionals of Illinois union, were sent back to work after a 10-day strike. The UPI, ...

Tenure and tenure-track faculty members at Illinois State University could join a union for collective-bargaining purposes if a campaign that kicked off Tuesday proves successful.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — University of Illinois employees are rallying on Wednesday, and calling on university leadership for fair pay. The employees, members of AFSCME Local 3700 and Local 698 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Overall participation in labor unions has declined in recent years in Illinois, although the state has seen an increase in successful unionization efforts for the second year ...

The study found Illinois saw 86 successful union petitions in 2023, up from 67 the year before. Those are the two highest totals in a 10-year period dating back to 2014. The prior eight years ...