CFL President Bob Reiter joined advocates at today’s congressional shadow hearing in Chicago to testify about how Trump’s unlawful and aggressive actions are undermining workplace safety, reducing productivity, and destabilizing local communities across our city.

Workers at the Chicago Botanic Garden are coming together with CMRJB Workers United for a voice on the job. Today, they spoke at the Cook County Forest Preserve District Board, which passed a resolution supporting the workers ✊ It’s time for management to do the right thing!

Sooner or later, the gridlock is coming for YOU! And not just on the Kennedy or Dan Ryan. Whether it’s LaGrange or Manheim, or Route 83, 53, 59… you name it. This will affect your community. Less public transit means more cars on the road.

Springfield: Deliver for the people of Illinois — fix and fund our public transit this veto session!

Better set that wake-up alarm a little earlier… With more traffic, making it to work before 9 AM will be harder. Kids can’t get to school on time. Parents can’t get to work on time. It’s that simple.

Congratulations to CFL Executive Board Member and Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates on her election as President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers!!! Thank you Dan Montgomery for your dedication and leadership as President of the IFT over the last 15 years!

Chicago did what Chicago does. We showed up and showed out. Tens of thousands came to Grant Park, joining millions more elsewhere in Illinois & across the country, to stand together and say: NO KINGS! HANDS OFF CHICAGO!

Are you ready to spend an EXTRA 400 MINUTES in traffic every month?!? If we don’t fix our public transit, everyone will face longer travel times. That’s 400 minutes less you have to spend playing with the kids in the backyard, having dinner with the family, or simply NOT being stuck in traffic.

🪧✊JOIN US TOMORROW AT GRANT PARK!✊🪧 Our neighbors. Our communities. Our democracy. All under attack. On October 18th: Chicagoans will rise up together to speak up and fight back. #HandsOffChicago #NoKings

Chicago Federation of Labor President Bob Reiter Issues Statement on 2026 Chicago Budget Address

We can transform our public transit system into a model of efficiency, safety, and reliability for the whole nation. The Illinois General Assembly needs to act now. Good transit is good for all of Illinois.

Are you ready to give up days of your life stuck in traffic because Springfield couldn’t fix and fund public transit? Let’s do the math… Without a strong public transit system, a 25 min commute becomes 34 mins. Same on the way home. That’s 2 hours you’re missing EVERY WEEK!

Join us in Chicago on October 18th as we join millions of people across the country in a national day of action to declare: No Kings and Hands Off Chicago! RSVP: buff.ly/aUSqb9j

🚨🚨RALLY ALERT🚨🚨 Stand with UChicago Unions and demand an end to budget cuts tomorrow at noon!

We can’t keep kicking the can down the road. Public Transit is a public good. It drives our economy and our quality of life. Veto session starts today and Springfield needs to deliver safer, smarter, reliable public transit for the people of Illinois!

TONIGHT: Join @ICIRR and fellow community leaders for a #KnowYourRights training in Orland Park!

STAND WITH FEDERAL WORKERS These are the people who care for our veterans, deliver Social Security checks on time, keep our food and water safe, and protect us at airports and during natural disasters. They are under attack. Join us tomorrow to support federal workers!

FAIR CONTRACT NOW! We stand with SEIU Local 1 members at O’Hare, demanding dignified raises! Unifi, North America’s largest aviation services provider, made over $1 BILLION in revenue last year. Yet, are refusing to give dignified raises to workers!

TOMORROW: Pride at Work Illinois chapter meeting, 7 p.m., via Zoom. Email [email protected] for link!

🚨RALLY ALERT🚨 Join us and stand with Federal Workers! 12 p.m. - Wednesday, Oct. 8 at Federal Plaza

Chicago is united, and in that solidarity we will find the strength to fight back and defeat the Trump regime.

Join the CFL and Hands Off Chicago at the No Kings Rally on Oct. 18! It is important now, more than ever to show that Chicago is united in opposing the Trump administration's illegal and unnecessary attacks against our neighbors, our communities, and our democracy. RSVP: buff.ly/smX7A2m

Federal workers have been attacked over and over by the DOGE/Project 2025 agenda—jeopardizing our key government services. Tell the Trump admin: workers aren’t pawns for political games. #StopTheTrumpShutdown Take action: act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...

DOGE officials have been completely unaccountable. They’re hiding their own work from oversight with armed guards and putting all of our sensitive data at risk. DOGE must be dismantled before they throw even more lives into chaos.

We joined our VA unions this morning to fight back against attacks on federal workers! Solidarity is strength! SEIU, NNU and AFGE members at Jesse Brown VA, your union and the Chicago labor movement has your back!

Join the University of Saint Mary of the Lake for their annual Seminary Salutes event on Tuesday, October 28 at IBEW Local 134. Tickets and for sponsorship information: buff.ly/ry3a5vo

We’re hearing from workers on strike at JWJ Chicago’s Workers’ Rights Board Hearing: Strike Line Speak Out! Teamsters Local 705 members at Mauser and QSL America workers in the house tonight and sharing their stories from the picket line.

Kicked off another CFL Organizing Institute Training at the John Fitzpatrick Labor Center today!!!

Hispanic Heritage Month begins today! It’s a time to honor and celebrate the histories, cultures, contributions, and achievements of Hispanic and Latino communities! Today, and every day, we're proud to stand with Hispanic and Latino workers! ¡Solidaridad!

Chicago Federation of Labor President Bob Reiter Issues Statement on the Passing of Governor Jim Edgar

Proud to march with LCLAA Chicago Metro Chapter and union members in the Little Village Mexican Independence Parade! ¡Viva México! ✊

It's time for a Strike Line Speak Out: Mauser Teamster Edition! Join the CFL & Chicago Jobs with Justice Workers' Rights Board to hear from Teamsters Local 705 Mauser workers about their contract fight! Join us in person or virtually to hear their stories and share your own!

Check out these programs offered by the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment relations! Scan the QR code or email [email protected] to learn more!

For over six months, management at Advocate Health Care has been running a union-busting campaign against the Facilities Maintenance workers seeking to organize with the IUOE Local 399. Email Advocate executives and tell them that you stand with the workers and their union: buff.ly/s6QvPxH

We're hosting a Citizenship Workshop with our partners at ICIRR and Erie Neighborhood House on Saturday, Sept. 20. We're looking for volunteers to help out too! Register here: buff.ly/lKgeJIZ Volunteer sign-up here: buff.ly/uQyz9Kx

We stand with our immigrant neighbors ✊ They are workers and members of our community. Trump's anti-worker mass deportation agenda only makes workplaces and communities less safe.

The Chicago Federation of Labor and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement invite you to join us at the Annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sunday, September 14 stepping off at noon. Register here: buff.ly/kEymRYb

Free Parking is available for parade and festival participants at House of Hope. A free shuttle bus will run approximately every 15 min between House of Hope and the parade staging area from 8:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. and the festival grounds at Arcade Park between 11:15 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.

Civil rights are workers' rights, and when we see those rights being trampled on, the Chicago labor movement knows how to rise up and fight back. We stick together, and no one is going to intimidate us out of standing up for what’s right. Tell Donald Trump: Hands Off Chicago!

The CFL, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, and Erie Neighborhood House will host a Union Member Citizenship Workshop on Saturday, Sept. 20 at CMRJB Workers United. Registration is open to immediate family members of union members. More info: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

🚨 🚨 🚨 ACTION ALERT🚨 🚨 🚨 Join Teamsters Local 743 members at Rush Hospital fighting for a fair contract for a prayer vigil Friday, Sept. 5 at 3 pm at the corner of Harrison and Paulina.

SHOW US YOUR UNION BUTTON: An assortment of historic union buttons from the Illinois Labor History Society’s collection. #LaborDay

Workers make America run, not billionaires or corporate CEOs. At 1,000+ events on Workers’ Labor Day, working people rallied and made a statement: we need freedom, fairness and security. We don’t need the richest to get even richer.

SHOW US YOUR UNION BUTTON: Angel Eufracio (Carpenters Local 13) wears his button on the job site to show he is part of something bigger than himself. #LaborDay

Support Mauser Workers on Strike! Scan the QR codes and let Mauser know you stand with workers! Or use this link: qr1.be/59WV

SHOW US YOUR UNION BUTTON: Mother [Jones] knows best! #LaborDay

SHOW US YOUR UNION BUTTON: Chris Brown of USW Local 17 Decorators feels solidarity on the jobsite when wearing his union button. #LaborDay

SHOW US YOUR UNION BUTTON: Georgetta Davis, Teamsters Local 743, wears her button at work to show her coworkers solidarity in their contract fight. #LaborDay

SHOW US YOUR UNION BUTTON: Proud to be 100% Union! #LaborDay

Chicago is a gritty beautiful city that represents both the grit of the Midwest and the promise of tomorrow. We do not back down. We got this. Labor Day 2025, Gilded Age Revisisted open.substack.com/pub/bobreite...