Chicago Union’s Recruiting Strategy Spurs Engineers’ Lawsuit
Union leaders in Chicago have a saying: “Whatever happens in Washington stays in Washington.” With aggressive organizing and tight cooperation among local trades, union workers are gaining power.
“We kind of do our own thing,” says Tom Villanova, president of the Chicago and Cook County Building and Construction Trades Council, which represents 24 unions and 100,000 area workers. National union rifts have done little to stir dissent in the Midwest.