Illinois State AFL-CIO

10/13/2026

Please join us in giving a special congratulations to Illinois AFL-CIO Resource Director Amy Rueff for receiving the Mother Jones Solidarity Award, presented at Union Miners' Cemetery in Mt Olive, Illinois.

Congrats, Amy!

10/12/2026

Check out photos (by Mike Matjeka) of the Mother Jones Dinner in Springfield & the Miners Day in Mt. Olive this weekend.

10/11/2026

Great to see International United Mine Workers Secretary-Treasurer, Michael Phillipppi, at the Mother Jones dinner in Springfield.

10/09/2026

We stand with the workers of UNITE HERE Local 1 who are fighting for a fair contract. Solidarity!

10/05/2026

10/02/2026

10/01/2026

Early voting is expanding and mail ballots are being distributed across Illinois. It's time to make your plan to vote on or before November 3!

WORKING PEOPLE BUILT 
THIS COUNTRY This November, we’re taking back our country from the billionaires and wealthy elites. America’s unions are mobilizing to elect pro-worker candidates who will actually stand up for working people and fight for us to have better lives. Make a Plan to Vote

09/30/2026

09/24/2026

Early voting and vote by mail starts today in select locations around the state! Whether you vote early, vote by mail, or vote on Election Day, make your plan to vote today!

Exercise your power to vote by mail. Once you registered to vote by mail, you can vote by mail in all future Illinois elections.

09/21/2026

"[P]rojects led by non-union contractors experienced average cost overruns that were more than 10 times larger than those on union-led projects."

As a new study shows, public works projects built by union labor deliver superior workforce supply, productivity and safety outcomes, better controlling overall costs and finishing the work faster.