The St. Louis Labor Tribune has this report from the Illinois AFL-CIO on this year’s legislative session. Unlike Missouri, labor made significant gains like….
AMONG THE SUCCESSES
Among the successes Drea and Devaney listed were:
- HB 1120 protects Illinois teachers and education professionals working in privately funded charter schools from intimidation or retaliation when they organize to join a union.
- HB 2396 requires public schools to establish full-day kindergarten by 2027-28, which will boost education while making child care easier for working parents.
- Gov. JB Pritzker signed a measure to guarantee disability payments to first responders who contracted COVID-19 in the line of duty.
- HB 1342 allows transit agencies to create procedures to suspend problematic riders, to prioritize the safety and well-being of transit workers and operators.
- HB 2231 requires rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft to abide by the same liability standards as common carriers like taxicabs.
- HB 1122 creates legal protections for freelance workers to ensure they are properly compensated and hold contracting entities accountable. Meanwhile, the Temp Worker and Fairness Safety Act has passed both chambers ensuring improvement of wages and working conditions for the 650,000 temporary workers across Illinois who suffer injuries at three times the rate of direct-hire employees.
- The Equal Pay Scale Act requires employers to disclose their pay scale to combat income inequities in the workplace, particularly concerning race and gender.
- HB 3351 requires all projects funded under the Illinois Solar for All program must pay the prevailing wage to workers.
“The heart of Labor continues to beat strong in Illinois,”
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