Press Releases
Meeting with Tim Waters (United Steelworkers), Ramogi Huma (founder of the National College Players Association) and Kain Colter (former Northwestern's quarterback) last year about Northwestern Football Players push for the right to unionize.
CHICAGO – Rep. Jan Schakowsky issued the following statement in response to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)’s denial of Northwestern University’s football players’ application to form a union:
Park Ridge, IL – Eighty years ago today, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Social Security into law. Rep. Jan Schakowsky will celebrate this special anniversary with seniors and advocates in Park Ridge, IL, where she will issue the following statement:
Skokie, IL. – Rep. Jan Schakowsky delivered Meals on Wheels to Evanston and Skokie residents on Thursday and released the following statement on the experience:
CHICAGO – Kraft Heinz announced major layoffs on Wednesday. The company has been based in Northfield, IL – within Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s district. Rep. Schakowsky released the following statement:
This year marks the 50th anniversaries of Medicare and Medicaid and the 80th anniversary of Social Security. Fifty-seven percent of people on Medicare, 70 percent of adults on Medicaid and 56 percent of Social Security recipients (66 percent of those over 85) are women. Together, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid provide critical health and financial security.
Here are my top 10 reasons why I love them -- and why I am committed to protecting and expanding them for my granddaughters (and grandsons).
Evanston, IL -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in remembrance of the Simele Massacre of 1933:
“August 7 marks an important day among the Assyrian community: it is the National Day of Mourning, when the community commemorates the Simele Massacre of 1933.
August 7, 1933 saw the beginning of several days of terror, as forces from the then-Kingdom of Iraq systematically attacked dozens of Assyrian villages, killing many and displacing tens of thousands more.
CHICAGO – Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act being signed into law:
CHICAGO – “The 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement failed to reach a conclusion in Maui, and that is good news for workers and consumers in the United States and around the world. U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman has announced that the efforts to close the deal will continue, however, and that means we must keep up our effort to defeat unfair trade agreements that jeopardize jobs, our health, the environment and even the food we eat.