Wages
Carpenters campaign vs. wage theft yields big win in Illinois
May 17, 2022“Not only does wage theft hurt workers and their families, it also puts a strain on taxpayers when developers off-load the cost of labor and insurance onto the public.”
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Illinois State University service workers win a new contract
April 22, 2022The lowest paid workers move from $12.50 an hour to $15.00 an hour.
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Chicago story shows Poor People’s Campaign participants the power of solidarity
March 31, 2022Oscar Sanchez, a resident of Chicago’s Southeast Side, talks about how to defeat toxic waste dumpers in poor neighborhoods.
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New study shows equal pay gap even wider than realized
March 18, 2022It turns out that insufficient methodology has resulted in the underestimation of the pay gap between men and women.
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Updated Davis-Bacon regs will raise pay for construction workers
March 18, 2022At least 1.2 million could, in effect, end up with raises in pay.
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