Springfield & Central Il Trades & Labor Council

09/05/2026

It was a hot one, but we had a great time at the SCITLC Labor Day Weekend Picnic! Thank you to our speakers and everyone else who came out to celebrate with us:

David Schultz: President of Springfield & Central Il Trades & Labor Council and President of Afscme Local 1019 - Illinois State Employees
Cherena Douglass: Labor Day Committee Chair of SCITLC and President of Afscme Local 2600
Tim Drea: President of Illinois State AFL-CIO
Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski
Ward 5 Alderwoman Lakeisha k Purchase
Friends of Miguel Valente

And special shout out to our amazing DJ who made it possible for them to speak, Albert Capati!

09/03/2026

Across the country, union members are talking to coworkers, neighbors and communities about what’s at stake in November — and we’re going to turn out 16 million union voters and 50,000 trained election protectors. Billionaires have money. We have working people organizing. Betterinaunion.org

09/02/2026

09/01/2026

94% of workers say that s**t is too expensive. 4 out of 5 people say their paychecks aren’t keeping up with costs.

ALL of this is happening in a country where CEOs are making 312x what working people are.

This economy isn’t working for working people.

08/28/2026