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State Senators Robert Peters and Christopher Belt joined Governor JB Pritzker, labor leaders, and union members to sign a bill package protecting Illinois workers and supporting organized labor. Held at the Illinois AFL-CIO headquarters in Springfield, the bill signing reaffirmed Governor Pritzker’s support for working families across the state alongside the Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL). SB1976, HB1189, and HB2488 preserve current pay standards and worker protections against federal rollbacks from the Trump Administration.

SB1976, also known as the Illinois Workers’ Rights and Safety Act, was an initiative by Illinois AFL-CIO and IDOL to preserve worker protections set forth under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act—regardless of any federal rollbacks. This legislation is crucial to ensure that long-established worker protections remain intact in Illinois, especially in the face of persistent federal threats to workers’ rights. The law also requires the Illinois Department of Labor to replace any repealed federal occupational safety standard with a state standard to protect workers across the state.

HB1189 amends the Prevailing Wage Act, to ensure that when federal construction projects are administered by a state or local government, workers are paid the Illinois prevailing wage whenever it is higher than the federal rate. This ensures timely, fair compensation that reflects current local labor conditions, rather than waiting for federal adjustments.

HB2488, which the Governor signed previously but was highlighted at today’s ceremony, eliminates references to a federal program in the Equal Pay Act to ensure that federal changes do not undermine the state requirement that private employers with 100 or more employees report on employee wages by gender and race or ethnicity. The bill also clarifies that apprentices are not subject to a lower fringe benefit rate than journeymen under the Prevailing Wage Act.

Read more here – https://illinoissenatedemocrats.com/caucus-news/41-senator-robert-peters-news/6493-law-led-by-peters-protects-illinois-workers-from-federal-rollbacks

Read more here – https://illinoissenatedemocrats.com/caucus-news/20-sen-christopher-belt-news/6491-belt-looks-out-for-blue-collar-workers-on-the-job

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August 14, 2025 at 05:04PM