Mike Klonsky's Blog

I hate the term, "low-skilled" to describe the millions of workers who have built and maintained this country and who are largely ...

68% of Americans approve of labor unions—despite a relentless and withering assault on worker organizing by those who benefit from the atomi...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 27, 2021 Contact: Catherine Murrell, 312-523-3882  The following was released by SEIU Healthcare Illinois Presi...

“We’re in America, goddamn it." -- FOP Lodge #7 Prez John Catanzara Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) has no business calli...

TOKYO (AP) — Nagasaki on Monday marked the 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the Japanese city with its mayor urging Japan, the...

First and foremost, neither Dr Seuss nor Mr Potato Head are being cancelled.   Akin Olla on Dr. Seuss Real cancel culture has existed in the...

Our living room was packed on a summer day in 2014 for our Bagels With Karen fundraiser. As everyone has heard by now, former CTU Pres.  Kar...

Chicago has plans for a phased school reopening starting in January if the spread of the virus stabilizes, but the local teachers’ union say...

If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot  -- Claude McKay (1919) Trump 'MAGA loves th...

UAW President Walter Reuther (shaking hands at right) presided at the opening of the new Local 879 Union Hall in 1955 Political Economy...

Between 40-60 million pushed into poverty in the Corona era. "We are all in this together. We must put politics aside, stop the ...

Hilarious excuse Trump gave for not wearing a mask at the mask factory in Arizona. “I can’t help it if you didn’t see me wearing one....

Trump's gun thugs storm MI legislature. He calls them, "very good people." Brittany Packnett, activist, educator “The...

Chicago Federation of Labor President Bob Reiter released the following statement in response to Instacart workers in Skokie, IL. winnin...

Sun-Times editorial asks: "But since when do salaried professionals watch the clock like hourly workers on an assembly line?" An...

Striking CTU members gather over two days to study the 2012 contract offer before voting to end the strike.  The contract talks between ...

Biggest climate protests in history.  Climate activist Greta Thunberg  "We are not just some young people skipping school,’ sh...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot greets supporters Saturday ahead of the Southeast Side Labor Day parade. Don Villar, Chicago Federation of Labo...

Truckers blocked a highway in Kentucky last week in solidarity with coal miners who were protesting over wages that were left unpaid when ...

Friday we were joined by the Communications Director of the Chicago Federation of Labor, Jake Lewis (second from right) and award winning ...