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The workers said sewage backed up into the kitchen at one location multiple times, the air conditioning broke during the summer, and they are struggling to make ends meet with their pay.

Company leadership said the economics of the contract will remain the same.

Union members on strike want Boeing to agree to an added sign-on bonus, a higher general wage increase, more vacation time and other benefits.

After rejecting the company’s second proposed contract, union members began striking Monday. They said they will not stop until they receive a fair deal.

The aviation giant said it is taking the steps with the production paused in the Pacific Northwest due to an ongoing union strike.

The facility makes seats for vehicles including ones produced at the nearby General Motors plant. Workers want improvements to pay, health and safety and other conditions.

Hundreds of Menard Correctional Center employees and their supporters staged a rally alongside a busy street in Chester, highlighting what they described as perilous working conditions at the state’s largest maximum-security prison.

In a new filing Monday, attorneys for Welch argued the Illinois Legislative Staff Association has no standing to sue over the speaker’s refusal to engage in collective bargaining with the would-be union’s members.

The workers’ employer, CBD Kratom, agreed to remain neutral as the union conducted its election.

The would-be union claims its members rights were violated under Illinois' 2022 ‘Workers’ Rights Amendment.’