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The Chicago Reporter

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Investigating race and poverty since 1972

Tag: low-wage jobs

Posted inPerspectives

How the richest Americans benefited the most from the US economy’s longest ever expansion – in 3 charts

by Steven Pressman July 3, 2019July 3, 2019
Posted inEmployment and Labor, Perspectives

Getting poorer while working harder: The ‘cliff effect’

by Susan R. Crandall June 7, 2019June 7, 2019
Posted inEmployment and Labor

Worker cooperatives face particular challenges in Illinois

by La Risa Lynch October 17, 2018November 16, 2018
Posted inPerspectives

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

by David Thigpen August 23, 2018February 28, 2020
Posted inEconomic Development, Government and Politics, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

From police to schools to transit, a crisis of accountability in Chicago

by Curtis Black June 21, 2018June 22, 2018
Posted inEconomic Development, Perspectives

Worker-owned co-ops: a model to build wealth for low-income communities in Chicago

by G. Sequane Lawrence May 31, 2018June 7, 2018
Posted inPerspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be, Transportation

Highway expansion drives jobs away from communities that need them

by Curtis Black September 21, 2017
Posted inEmployment and Labor

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

by Melissa Sanchez and Matt Kiefer August 17, 2017August 17, 2017
Posted inEmployment and Labor

Wage theft victims have little chance of recouping pay in Illinois

by Melissa Sanchez and Matt Kiefer August 9, 2017May 22, 2018
Posted inEmployment and Labor, Government and Politics, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

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

by Curtis Black July 13, 2017

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