The Chicago Reader says Chicago’s service and cultural workers are unionizing like never before. Professor Bruno weighs in. Read the article here. “They felt like their employers didn’t give a damn,” Bruno says. “For a while, maybe they got some hazard pay, maybe they were called heroes. But then the pandemic ends [and] the hazard […]
The University of Illinois Press interviewed Professor Bob Bruno about his new book, What Work Is.
New autoworkers’ contract uplifts Belvidere, Illinois
No place in history has benefited more from a new contract than Belvidere, Illinois. CBS 2’s Brad Edwards went 90 miles northwest of Chicago to a place that went from the biggest labor “loser” to the biggest winner.
I think simple questions about fundamental life activities are often the most profound. Asking “what work is” to anyone who works is one of those queries.
Professor Bob Bruno, Director of the Labor Studies Program and a Professor of Labor and Employment at the University of Illinois, returns to The Workers’ Mic to discuss his new book “What Work Is,” and to share some incredible labor history. Listen here
“I think the moment and the person have sort of gelled. In many ways, the moment required Shawn Fain. But Shawn Fain had to step up into that moment.”
“This gets us closer to the finish line for sure.”
Illinois is becoming more diverse, more educated and yes, growing.
Mass exodus from Illinois? New report debunks the myth. The state lost 460,000 residents from 2010 to 2020, but the loss was largely offset by immigrants moving to Illinois, the report shows.
“It can certainly be helpful in moving the bargaining forward,”