Work
News and information on the state of work in Illinois.
Workers in the manufacturing, warehousing, food service, janitorial and restaurant industries gathered to protest workplace harassment, including intimidation, degradation and identity-based targeting.
While some view college as the best route to financial stability, studies show career and technical degrees cost less and can produce a higher income.
The ex-president takes inspiration from Studs Terkel, keeping the Netflix docuseries’ focus on the individuals doing the jobs.
The world’s fifth largest brewer will lease 84,000 square feet, taking about half the space it has had at 250 S. Wacker Drive.
By noon, several hundred union members had gathered at the quad for a rally with officials, including Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates, state Rep. Lakesia Collins, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th).
The builder, Inherent LC3, installed the first home in August and is weeks away from delivering the second and third. The single-family houses are all going up near Laura S. Ward Elementary School.
Among complaints are allegations Levy violated state law, working dishwashers for 35 days straight.
The nearly 900-member union has been working without a contract since mid-August and decisively authorized a strike last month.
Leaders of one of Chicago’s most prominent hospitals sent a letter this month to nurses discouraging unionizing.
The workers say that a “strong majority” of their group wants to affiliate with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
The downtown rally was held on the same day the Economic Policy Institute released a report that shows 69% of Illinois corporations paid no state corporate income taxes from 2015 to 2018.
West Humboldt Park residents want Amazon to sign community benefits agreement on wages, local hiring
The West Humboldt Park Community Coalition is calling for Amazon to start wages at $28.50 per hour and ensure that 60% of employees at a new facility near Kostner and Division live in the community.
Mary Kay Tuzi, owner of Twin Anchors at 1655 N. Sedgwick St., said restaurants have been unfairly targeted throughout the pandemic and have borne the brunt of COVID-19 mandates.
The administration has cast its campaign to raise the minimum as a way to lift up millions of the working poor, reduce America’s vast financial inequality and help boost the economy.
The unemployment rate fell sharply in January from 6.7% to 6.3%, the Labor Department said Friday.
Last week’s claims dropped by 67,000, from 914,000 the week before, the Labor Department said Thursday. Before the virus hit the United States hard last March, weekly applications for jobless aid had never topped 700,000.
The latest figure, released Wednesday by the Labor Department, shows that many employers are still cutting jobs as the pandemic tightens business restrictions and leads many consumers to stay home.
Activists called it a “No Labor Day” event, as they unveiled a report Monday finding appalling diversity statistics within apprenticeship programs run by Illinois trade unions.
Immigrants Like Us says it will do “90% of work that lawyers do” — and won’t charge for anything. Co-founder Jonathan Petts said he wants to make immigration as accessible as possible.
Workers in several industries in Chicago will have new rights that protect them from sudden changes to their work schedule.
The Jibarito Stop in Pilsen had done steady business during the pandemic. But a meat shortage due to outbreaks at packing plants nationwide has made it too difficult to stay open.
Monthly report identifies job cuts at more than 190 business locations.
Workers laid off temporarily — and even parents caring for children home from school — can qualify for unemployment benefits under the state’s recently adopted emergency rules.
Stagehands, custodial workers, pharmacists describe the struggles of putting food on the table — and staying safe — during the coronavirus outbreak.
The struggles of domestic workers and stand-up comics, Uber drivers and wedding bands shows the impact of COVID-19 across the city’s economy.
“I never thought I’d be using cannabis as a medication,” said Dr. Rahul Khare, a former emergency physician at who now runs a clinic in Lincoln Park that certifies medical pot patients.
In 2018, 40 workers at Amazon’s Monee plant were injured so badly they were unable to return to work, according to the activists.
But the other U.S. factories, including Chicago Heights, are backing the proposed contract.
More than 2,500 Chicago Park District employees may be striking at the same time as the city’s teachers. With that possible work stoppage on the horizon, the district is planning on scaling back resources and activities.
“We are disheartened that we had to get to this point,” the hospital president said in a video message Thursday night.