“The hearts of every AFSCME member go out to our sisters and brothers of Local 2608. Our prayers are with them and their loved ones,” AFSCME Council 31 Executive Director Roberta Lynch said.

“Everyone was putting their lives on the line that night,” AFSCME Local 3349 Vice President Dustin McClure said. “This is our community, so everybody pulled together.”

Committee appointments signal that labor has a seat at the table in the new administration.

Administration asks for 60-day delay to appeal 'no impasse' finding as it heads out the door

The ILRB has met twice without acting on AFSCME’s motion seeking to have the board request a court order to put employees on the proper step.

AFSCME Local 672 President Terry Boone shares his story of unity in the face of the Janus Supreme Court decision.

After a two-year “roller coaster ride” AFSCME Local 3649 member Dustin York won his grievance and was placed in the position he worked hard to achieve at Robinson Correctional Center.

I’ve been with the city for 20 years now. That stability has provided health benefits for me and my whole family. It’s helped me purchase a home. I love my union. I couldn’t see myself surviving without it.

After unanimously authorizing a strike, members of AFSCME Local 2464 at Jackson County in southern Illinois won a new union contract with fair pay and affordable health care.

The governor’s illegal step freeze and continued foot-dragging are getting news coverage statewide.

Union members mobilized to win the right to use sick time to care for family members plus a pay increase retroactive to May 2017.

AFSCME member and state employee Ty Ellison received a letter in the mail from the IPI, professing to want to improve his life by helping him quit his union. He isn’t having it.