On Wednesday, August 27, the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition (ICJC) and Labor Alliance for Public Transportation (LAPT) sent the following joint letter to lawmakers in the General Assembly urging them to pass legislation that funds and reforms public transit in the October veto session. August 27, 2025 Dear General Assembly Member, As leaders of labor […]
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Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition Statement on RTA Board Meeting
CHICAGO – Today during its board meeting, the RTA presented a comparison of how different major urban transit systems are addressing their respective fiscal cliffs. The Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition released the following statement in response to the board’s discussion: “The majority of other urban transit systems have done one-time fixes and proposed large fare […]
Read MoreIllinois Clean Jobs Coalition Statement on PJM Capacity Market Auction Results
ILLINOIS – Today, grid operator PJM announced results in its capacity auction that threaten to send electricity rates soaring for consumers in the ComEd region in Illinois. The overall cost of capacity, which PJM procures to ensure adequate resources to meet energy needs, jumped from $269.92 to $329.17. The Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition released the […]
Read MoreIllinois Clean Jobs Coalition Urges State Action on Climate and Consumer Protections as U.S. Congress Passes Job-Killing, Anti-Environment Budget
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 […]
Read MoreLabor, 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 […]
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