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The 2017 McLean County Labor Day Parade will march at 10 a.m. on Monday, September 4, from Front and Roosevelt Streets in downtown Bloomington. The 2017 parade theme is "Union Labor: Working for Community Progress." The parade is Bloomington's largest.
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When it comes to popularity polls, Illinois Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan is in a consistent race to the bottom with Republican Governor Bruce Rauner. The popular opinion is “a curse on both their houses” and Rauner continually tries to blemish Democratic candidates by linking them with Madigan.
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If the Senate votes to pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA), millions of Americans will be unquestionably worse off. In addition to the 23 million Americans who will lose their health insurance coverage by 2026, the economic impacts of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are large and wide-reaching.Read More...
In the key Rustbelt states that tipped the 2016 election to President Trump, blue-collar white voters at the core of his constituency represent a majority of those receiving benefits from the federal income-support programs he has targeted for large cutbacks in his budget, according a new analysis conducted for The Atlantic.Read More...
The National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 522 broke records with its 2017 food drive -- collecting over 100,000 pounds for local food banks. Thanks to all who donated and to local union volunteers who joined the Carriers to package and distribute the food.
Supporting America's workers? Ivanka Trump's clothing line is made in China! http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/04/25/ivanka_trump_s_clothing_line_made_by_chinese_factory_workers_earning_1_an.html
Last September, a very twenty-first-century type of story appeared on the company blog of the ride-sharing app Lyft. “Long-time Lyft driver and mentor, Mary, was nine months pregnant when she picked up a passenger the night of July 21st,” the post began. “About a week away from her due date, Mary decided to drive for a few hours after a day of mentoring.
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