Out-of State Labor and the Illinois Preference Act

The Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act, 30 ILCS 570/0.01 et seq. (Illinois Preference Act), also known as the “Preference to Illinois Citizens Act”, requires contractors to use at least 90 percent Illinois laborers on all public works projects that receive State funds or funds administered by the State during a period of … Read more

Study of Construction Employment in Marcellus Shale Related Oil and Gas Industry

In the summer of 2014, the Labor Education Program at the School of Labor and EmploymentRelations at the University of Illinois conducted a retrospective analysis of naturalgas/Marcellus Shale employment data from 2008-2014 for parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, andWest Virginia. The work was completed for the Institute for Construction Economics Research(ICERES) at Michigan State University.