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Wage theft victims have little chance of recouping pay in Illinois

By Melissa Sanchez and Matt Kiefer | August 9, 2017

Low-wage workers face long waits and high dismissal rates when filing stolen wage claims with the state labor department.

Report: Amazon workers’ injuries spike during holiday season at Illinois facility

Study: Restaurant industry thrives in cities that have eliminated subminimum wage

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Employment and Labor

Chicago is the fastest shrinking major metro area

By Matt Kiefer | April 26, 2019

Black and low-income residents continue to move out, but unlike other groups, a majority of African-Americans exiting the Chicago area didn’t have a job when they left.

Employment and Labor

Worker cooperatives face particular challenges in Illinois

By La Risa Lynch | October 17, 2018

Worker-owned businesses, or co-ops, can create jobs with better wages and working conditions, but remain limited by state law and a lack of support in Illinois, advocates say.

Perspectives

Universal basic income could redress the high cost of underemployment in Chicago

By David Thigpen | August 23, 2018

In a booming economy failing to provide enough living wage jobs, the city can more than afford to try Ald. Ameya Pawar’s proposal to relieve poverty.

Employment and Labor

Labor watchdog would give city’s worker protection laws some teeth

By Matt Kiefer | April 18, 2018

The Office of Labor Standards would enforce Chicago’s minimum wage increase, guaranteed paid sick days, and guard against wage theft for vulnerable workers.

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Fifty years later, what the Kerner report tells us about race in Chicago today

By William Scarborough, Kasey Henricks and Amanda E. Lewis | February 26, 2018

Many of the city’s racial disparities in 2018 are all too similar to those of 1968, when a federal commission analyzed the causes of racial tensions in cities across the country.

Perspectives

Widening the tent for a multiracial labor movement

By Barbara Ransby | September 4, 2017

Unions, which embraced black workers, must better address immigrant rights and the struggle against police violence.

Behind the Data

Cómo investigamos la recuperación de salarios en el Departamento Laboral de Illinois

By Matt Kiefer | August 17, 2017

Un análisis de miles de denuncias de robo de salario muestra que hay poca probabilidad de que un trabajador recupere su sueldo en Illinois.

Cuando les roban el salario, pocos trabajadores de Illinois recuperan sus sueldos

By Melissa Sanchez and Matt Kiefer | August 17, 2017

Los trabajadores que reportan robo de salarios ahora enfrentan periodos de espera más largos, un porcentaje mayor de despidos y más burocracia.

Behind the Data

How we investigated wage enforcement at the Illinois Department of Labor

By Matt Kiefer | August 9, 2017

An analysis of thousands of wage complaints shows that workers face long odds of recouping pay in Illinois.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

On $15 minimum wage hike, Rauner should listen to constituents

By Curtis Black | July 13, 2017

A bill sitting on the governor’s desk would heed the call of Illinois voters, a majority of whom endorsed a minimum wage increase in a 2014 referendum.

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