“More than three-quarters of nurses said they would consider staying in the nursing profession if there was some limitation on the number of patients they were responsible for and if [they] could hold the employer accountable to maintain those levels. “Addressing the staffing and workload is the answer to the problem of why so many nurses are leaving the profession.”
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Professor Bruno in Chicago Tribune: Uber and Lyft drivers could win union rights if state law changes
“More than three-quarters of nurses said they would consider staying in the nursing profession if there was some limitation on the number of patients they were responsible for and if [they] could hold the employer accountable to maintain those levels. “Addressing the staffing and workload is the answer to the problem of why so many nurses are leaving the profession.”
Professor Bruno: New York City Nurses Go on Strike
“More than three-quarters of nurses said they would consider staying in the nursing profession if there was some limitation on the number of patients they were responsible for and if [they] could hold the employer accountable to maintain those levels. “Addressing the staffing and workload is the answer to the problem of why so many nurses are leaving the profession.”
Professor Bruno quoted in WBEZ Chicago: “A union wave is rolling through more Chicago cultural venues, even at precarious moment for museums”
Workers at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry just ratified their first contract, while employees at Adler Planetarium are poised to vote on next steps. Read the full article.
Professor Bruno featured in ABC7 Chicago: PMCR Equal Pay Act
“By the end of President Trump’s term, the wave of project cancellations, funding recissions, mass federal firings, and cuts to public health, nutrition, infrastructure, education, and other programs enacted by the administration in 2025 will amount to nearly $8 billion annually in lost revenue and increased out-of-pocket expenses, shrink the economy by $10 billion per year, and cost the state 86,000 jobs—according to a new analysis by the nonpartisan Illinois Economic Policy Institute (ILEPI) and the Project for Middle Class Renewal (PMCR) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.”
New PMCR / ILEPI Report: Federal Cuts Pose Major Threat to Illinois Jobs and Economy
“By the end of President Trump’s term, the wave of project cancellations, funding recissions, mass federal firings, and cuts to public health, nutrition, infrastructure, education, and other programs enacted by the administration in 2025 will amount to nearly $8 billion annually in lost revenue and increased out-of-pocket expenses, shrink the economy by $10 billion per year, and cost the state 86,000 jobs—according to a new analysis by the nonpartisan Illinois Economic Policy Institute (ILEPI) and the Project for Middle Class Renewal (PMCR) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.”
Emily LB Twarog quoted in The Guardian: Black Friday boycotts
“Illinois has a shortage of about 142,000 housing units and must build 227,000 in the next five years to keep pace with demand, a number that would require recent annual production rates to double, according to a joint study published this summer by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute and the Project for Middle Class Renewal at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.”
PMCR Cited in Chicago Sun Times
“Illinois has a shortage of about 142,000 housing units and must build 227,000 in the next five years to keep pace with demand, a number that would require recent annual production rates to double, according to a joint study published this summer by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute and the Project for Middle Class Renewal at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.”
Professor Bruno: NBC Chicago
“Stacy is dynamic. She is value-driven. She’s very passionate. She’s got a deep intellectual history,” said Bob Bruno, a professor and the director of the Labor Education Program at the University of Illinois. “I think they’re going to find that the IFT under Stacy is going to be a very formidable body.” Read the full article.
Emily LB Twarog quoted in The New Republic | “Trump Is Making It Harder for Women to Work in Construction”
“The vast majority of women and LGBTQ+ workers say they experience some kind of harassment, regardless of the kind of employment they have,” said Emily Labarbera-Twarog, an associate professor at the University of Illinois who studies workplace harassment. “But these are jobs where women are in the very, very, very small minority. I mean, you’re talking about 4 percent of the population.… So it’s super small, and harassment is definitely something that is happening on a regular basis.”