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After distributing more than 5,000 applications in the month of November, Local 150’s apprenticeship program has closed its 2017 application distribution window. Individuals who came to pick applications must now return them along with supporting documents by December 31,...

Democrat Lance Yednock Announces Run Against Jerry Long for State Representative Local unions line up behind Yednock following Long’s failure to keep his promise to stand up for working families in Springfield OTTAWA, IL –...

On November 16, the McHenry County Circuit Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Algonquin Township Road District, in which the District sought to declare its collective bargaining agreement with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 null...

For the second time, Illinois workers were only one vote shy of overturning Governor Rauner's veto of Senate Bill 1905, which banned the passage of "right to work" zones in municipalities. Federal law currently prohibits the passage of these...

On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court announced that it will hear a case this session that has dangerous implications for public sector unions across the nation. In Janus vs. AFSCME Council 31, a union critic has challenged the requirement...

Rightwing activists across the US have launched a nationwide campaign to undermine progressive politicians by depriving them of a major source of support and funding – public sector unions. A network of conservative thinktanks with outposts in all 50 states...

On August 7th, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 president-business manager James M. Sweeney presented a check for $500,000 to the Navy SEAL Family Foundation at Local 150’s charity golf fundraiser, the James M. Sweeney Classic....

JB Pritzker, candidate for Illinois Governor in the upcoming Democratic Primary Election, spoke to the members present at the General Membership Meeting on July 28th about his plans for Illinois. "Bruce Rauner has got to go," Pritzker said to a...

At the General Membership Meeting on July 28th, James M. Sweeney presented scholarships to the recipients of the 2017 Local 150 Food Bank Scholarship Program. Joanna Dillon won the Jim Sieracki Memorial Scholarship Award. JoAnna is the daughter of Local 150...

The efforts of the Fight Back Fund have paid off enormously in Indiana where Governor Eric Holcomb recently announced a five-year, $4.7 billion road maintenance and construction plan. In support of a new infrastructure plan, the Fight Back Fund’s ran...