Chicago Worker News Today

District 1 Councilor Renee Villarreal, who has served in the seat since March 2016, announced earlier this year she would not run again, citing a commitment to just two terms

The Temp Worker and Fairness Safety Act could make it easier for temporary workers to get hired permanently, while cracking down on coercive labor practices, supporters say

Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward give a detailed account and analysis of the militant movement of unemployed American workers during the Great Depression, how it developed and how it was recuperated by the government through its own leaders.