ILLINOIS – Today, U.S. Congressional Republicans passed the most extreme, expensive, and anti-environment budget reconciliation bill in history, wiping out good-paying clean energy jobs and raising energy costs for families by gutting the historic progress made in the bipartisan Inflation Reduction Act. The Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition released the following statement: “For months, we’ve joined […]
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Labor, Environmental, and Transit Advocates Call on Lawmakers to Return to Springfield this Summer to Address $770 Million Transit Fiscal Cliff
With pink slips scheduled for September and planned cuts to transit service, advocates and workers rallied Thursday to urge state lawmakers to prevent a catastrophe Chicago, IL. – As RTA, CTA, Metra, and Pace teeter over the transit fiscal cliff, transit riders and workers and labor, environmental, and transit advocates rallied on Thursday to urge […]
Read MoreLabor, Transit and Environmental Advocates Call on the RTA and Springfield to Address Public Transit Funding Crisis with Clarity and Transparency
CHICAGO – Following the RTA Board Meeting in which the transit authority detailed the need for potential cuts, station closures, and layoffs, Tim Drea, on behalf of the Labor Alliance for Public Transportation and Dany Robles, on behalf of the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition, are calling on Springfield to take swift and immediate action to […]
Read MoreTransit and Environmental Advocates Urge the Legislature to Act on Transit Fiscal Cliff
Illinois – On Sunday, the Illinois General Assembly adjourned without finalizing a solution to the so-called transit fiscal cliff–the Northeast Illinois transit agencies’ $770 million budget deficit. As a result, CTA, Metra, and Pace will face dramatic cuts, transit workers will be laid off, and everyday transit riders, visitors, and commuters across the state will […]
Read MoreIllinois Ratepayers Will Continue to Pay Higher Electric Bills Until the General Assembly Takes Bold Action
Illinois – Today, the Illinois General Assembly failed to pass legislation to protect consumers and build more clean energy, just one day before energy bills are expected to spike across the state for at least the next year. The legislature’s inability to pass the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability (CRGA) Act this spring comes at […]
Read MoreLabor, Environmental, and Transit Advocates Urge Passage of HB3438
SPRINGFIELD, IL. – United in support of a negotiated transit bill that addresses Illinois’ transit fiscal cliff and offers long overdue reforms to improve public transit across Illinois, the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition (ICJC) and Labor Alliance for Public Transportation (LAPT) urge the Illinois General Assembly to vote YES in support of HB3438. With the […]
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