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Posted inEmployment and Labor Labor watchdog would give city’s worker protection laws some teeth by Matt Kiefer April 18, 2018October 31, 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
Posted inEmployment and Labor Chicago needs to better enforce labor ordinances, aldermen and advocates say by Melissa Sanchez February 23, 2017
Posted inEmployment and Labor, Government and Politics Chicago’s lax enforcement of minimum wage hike leaves workers in the lurch by Melissa Sanchez February 8, 2017August 21, 2017
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