CLDC News

Latest Episode of In The Know
August 7, 2025 - CLDC
This episode breaks down why every Laborer is a leader in the making and how we turn jobsite conversations into real power. RISE started in the Eastern Region, but it’s quickly becoming a standard across LIUNA as we build union power from the g…
Laborers Volunteers Pack food for the Needy
August 2, 2025 - Contractors CLDC LMCC LECET
One-hundred-seventy-five volunteers from Laborers' Local 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 and their families volunteered their time and labor on Saturday, August 2nd at the Greater Chicago Food Depository for a joint Laborers' Rising event. Together we sorted 11,481…
Illinois Prevailing Wage Rates Posted
July 17, 2025 - Contractors CLDC LMCC LECET
Current Prevailing Rates The rate schedules linked on this page contain the prevailing wage rates required to be paid for work performed on or after July 15, 2025, on public works projects in each County. Below are the nine counties in our jurisdicti…
Illinois Prevailing Wage Rates Posted
July 17, 2025 - Contractors CLDC LMCC LECET
Current Prevailing Rates The rate schedules linked on this page contain the prevailing wage rates required to be paid for work performed on or after July 15, 2025, on public works projects in each County. Below are the nine counties in our jurisdicti…
Statement of Brent Booker, General President of the Laborers’ International Union of North America, On Senate Passage of the Reconciliation Bill
July 1, 2025 - CLDC
Washington, D.C. (July 1, 2025) — Brent Booker, General President of the Laborers’International Union of North America, made the following statement regarding the passage ofthe Reconciliation Bill through the Senate: Today, the U.S. Senat…
What is Prevailing Wage and Why it Matters
May 29, 2025 - CLDC
The First 100 Days
May 5, 2025 - CLDC
From Haymarket to Laborers Rising
May 1, 2025 - CLDC
May Day’s Call to Stand United and Protect All We’ve Won Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2025) — Brent Booker, General President of the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA), made the following statement today on sol…
LIUNA Supports the Dream and Promise Act
February 28, 2025 - CLDC
“Represents the best of America, honoring our founding as a beacon of hope” Washington, D.C. (Feb. 27, 2025) — Brent Booker, General President of the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA), made the following s…
Statement of LIUNA General President Brent Booker on the Firing of NLRB General Counsel and Removal of Board Member
February 7, 2025 - CLDC
Urges President Trump: “Put the Interests of Workers First” Washington, D.C. (Jan. 28, 2025) — Brent Booker, General President of the Laborers’ International Union of North America, released the following statement today in re…