Phil Davidson

It’s been nearly half a century since a union member has led the Department of Labor, but that could change soon with President-elect Joe Biden’s selection of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to serve as his Secretary of Labor. Walsh is a second-generation member of Laborers’ Local Union 223 with working-class roots. He became the head

CRCC Executive Secretary-Treasurer Gary Perinar and Trade Show Representative Kevin McLaughlin joined Congresswoman-elect Marie Newman, the Chicago Federation of Labor, and our union partners at McCormick Place to highlight the pandemic’s extensive toll on the trade show industry and call for Congress to immediately pass the Heroes Act and give workers in Chicago and across

Today the trustees representing the Chicago Welfare Fund voted again to extend healthcare Insurance eligibility to active members through the quarter ending February 28, 2021. The action demonstrates again the commitment of our Union’s leadership to act quickly and decisively on behalf of the hardworking men and women of the Regional Council. We got your

Several inflatable rats are shown outside a building Aug. 7, 2019, in the 100 block of West Washington Street in Chicago’s Loop. Created in Chicago nearly 30 years ago, Scabby, the giant inflatable union protest rat that has become a fixture at picket lines, may be banned by new labor board rulings for scaring away