As you are by now aware, Governor Pritzker has released the $41 billion Fiscal Year 2024-29 Proposed Highway and Multimodal Improvement Program - the largest capital program in Illinois History! You can find both the program and printable fact sheets…
News, stories and insight from inside the Illinois Tollway. The Illinois Tollway and its workforce development partners reached out this week to a south suburban Chicago church community to promote career opportunities in highway construction through…
New $40 billion, multi-year effort reflects strength of Rebuild Illinois, multimodal commitment SPRINGFIELD – Governor JB Pritzker joined state and local officials at the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) headquarters today to announ…
Washington, D.C. (June 8, 2023) – Brent Booker, General President of LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – made the following statement today: LIUNA’s more than half-million strong members enthusia…
Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2023) – Brent Booker, a third-generation laborer, today became General President of the half-million member Laborers’ International Union of North America. Booker was appointed to the position by the union’s…
April 28, 2023 As we approach the end of April, it is time to renew our commitment to fighting for safer jobs and commemorating those whom we have lost as we commemorate Workers Memorial Day in the U.S. and the National Day of Mourning in Canada, fol…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, On this, my last day as LIUNA General President, I write to wish you and your families all the best. I love this union and everything it stands for. It has been the privilege of my life to stand with the the strong, proud, …
Washington, D.C. (March 28, 2023) – Terry O’Sullivan, General President of the Laborers’ International Union of North American (LIUNA), is retiring effective April 30 after serving as General President for almost 24 years. LIUNA has…
Marty Walsh, Secretary of Labor, visited Chicago and stopped by SMART Local 73 with the Laborers' and other Building Trades for #NationalApprenticeshipWeek “National Apprenticeship Week reminds Americans of the tremendous benefits that Register…
