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

Curtis Black — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 18:30:29 +0000

As Mayor Lori Lightfoot and City Council members debate changes to how Chicago’s tipped workers are paid, a new report highlights how other cities have fared after eliminating the subminimum wage.

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Emanuel should move to protect airport workers from exploitation

Curtis Black — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 17:52:29 +0000

As a sanctuary city, advocates say Chicago lawmakers should “walk the walk” and ensure Midway and O’Hare employees, many of whom are immigrants and refugees, can make a living wage and get benefits.

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Stiffed again: Mayor’s minimum wage plan slights tipped workers

Curtis Black — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:56:14 +0000

Fast food and retail workers — those who’ve campaigned for two years for a $15-an-hour minimum wage — weren’t the only ones expressing dissatisfaction with Mayor Emanuel’s proposed halfway measure on the issue. Restaurant workers, a huge group in a fast-growing industry, say they and other tipped workers got an even worse deal. Reacting to Emanuel’s endorsement of a […]

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