
Illinois rideshare drivers rally for unionization bill
Rideshare drivers in Illinois have pushed for unionization rights for years, beginning in the city of Chicago in early 2019.

Rideshare drivers in Illinois have pushed for unionization rights for years, beginning in the city of Chicago in early 2019.

Research assistants at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are now represented by the Graduate Employees’ Organization, or GEO, after the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board certified the results of a recent union election.

Workers at the Starbucks Campustown location in Peoria are one step closer to having a union. Ballots for union election voting will be mailed to all employees on April 5, and counted on April 26. Workers say the process is moving faster than expected. Last week, attorneys for Starbucks conceded the company’s right to a