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Some labor experts say this is the brightest job market for college graduates in recent history.

Educators at one the state’s few remaining non-union, public school districts said Monday they hope to join one of the state’s largest teachers unions.

Educators at one the state’s few remaining nonunion public school districts said Monday they have begun labor organizing and hope to join one of the state’s largest teachers unions.

Energy was high, and the night air was cold, so people were dancing. The music switched between Anuel AA and Pop Smoke, while Teamsters wearing thick layers—hats, gloves, masks—chanted in call and response. “Just got one question for you: What do you want?” one of the workers at the mic asked. “Yo, what do you want?” I thought someone said, “Bad Bunny,” but it was:  More money.   In the first major work stoppage of 2021, more than 1,400 warehouse workers and drivers repres...

Since the beginning of the pandemic, suburban Chicago law enforcement officials say their departments have been bombarded with surging numbers of fraudulent unemployment benefit reports.