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Alejandra Cancino

The National Labor Relations Board is expected to rule this month on whether football players at Northwestern University are employees of the school.

Northwestern football player union effort: Ruling expected soon

August 23, 2019 at 11:25 p.m.

The National Labor Relations Board's ruling over whether football players at Northwestern University are employees of the school is expected later this month. The five-member board could affirm, modify or...

Elk Grove Village company cited for safety violations, faces $45,000 fine

June 16, 2018 at 9:24 p.m.

An Elk Grove Village-based company is facing fines of nearly $45,000 for exposing workers to various respiratory and electrical hazards, according to the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health...

Uber accused of violating federal law

June 15, 2018 at 5:05 p.m.

An Illinois woman is accusing Uber of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act when it erroneously sent her multiple text messages, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court...

Navistar refinances and takes on more debt

June 16, 2018 at 9:24 p.m.

Navistar International on Friday said it completed a $1.04 billion senior loan refinancing that provided an injection of cash to continue restructuring its business. The Lisle-based truck maker refinanced a...

Near West Side incubator gets money to help food startups

June 15, 2018 at 4:58 p.m.

A manufacturing incubator on Chicago's Near West Side received $50,000 to be used to build spaces for food-related startups. The funding from the U.S. Small Business Administration was announced Tuesday....

Chicago mother sues Catholic Charities over premature birth

June 16, 2018 at 9:38 p.m.

A 2014 case against Catholic Charities brought by a Chicago mother who claims she was discriminated against and forced to perform manual labor despite her high-risk pregnancy can continue in...

Audelia Santiago was fired after her employer said the photos on her Facebook page and comments violated the company's employee handbook rules. An administrative law judge said the rules her employer used were "overly broad."

Your social media activity could get you fired. Is that legal?

June 15, 2018 at 4:41 p.m.

Audelia Santiago's photos of co-workers on her Facebook page prompted some snarky comments. No big deal, right? Tinley Park Hotel and Convention Center, where she worked as a banquet server,...

Fresh food scraps for composting are delivered to an urban farm in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood.

City Council approves compost ordinance

June 15, 2018 at 5:16 p.m.

Chicago's City Council on Wednesday approved an ordinance to track and legalize donations of uncooked food scraps to urban farms and community gardens that make fertilizer. "This is really exciting,"...

Guitar Center is being accused of violating federal labor law by "discriminating" against employees at its flagship stores in Chicago, New York and Las Vegas.

Guitar Center is accused of violating federal labor law

June 15, 2018 at 4:44 p.m.

Guitar Center is being accused of violating federal labor law by "discriminating" against employees at its flagship stores in Chicago, New York and Las Vegas, and failing to bargain in...

Mitsubishi is reportedly planning to stop producing in the U.S., including at its plant in Normal.

Mitsubishi closing Normal plant in Illinois, ending U.S. production

June 17, 2018 at 9:10 a.m.

Mitsubishi Motors will stop making vehicles at its Normal, Ill., plant and will try to sell the facility, only a few years after the state tried to rescue the plant...

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