photo by Brady Wahl This month the Lift the Ban coalition is raising its pressure on local elected officials to push them to support HB116. This bill would lift the…
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Since his inauguration, many are starting to wonder if Biden will follow through with his “FDR style” presidency given his renegging on student loan forgiveness, his first military action in…
photo by Karolina Grabowska Many workers will see a pay increase this year in Illinois as the Senate Bill Gov. Pritzker signed into law in 2019 continues its gradual increase…
photo by Chris Eaves In a recent letter published in South Side Weekly, Bobby Vanecko the [relation] to former Mayor Richard Daley wrote extensively on his [relation], the cultural ramifications…
Photo by Danny Martinez On Tuesday the Chicago City Council voted 29-21 to pass Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2021 “Pandemic Budget,” with individual council members’ decisions leaving fractures on the left.…
photo by Brady Wahl Illinois has had a ban on Rent Control since 1997. That’s when Illinois passed the Rent Control Preemptive Act, which prohibits municipalities from “enact[ing], maintain[ing], or…
Colectivo’s unionization effort started back in May, spurred by the pandemic to provide worker representation amid pandemic safety concerns. Now, management is starting to retaliate. Colectivo, a chain with locations…
This month city council members across the city have called for Chicago’s administration under Lori Lightfoot to consider a program that would introduce crisis response without police in certain circumstances.…
photo by Ben Schumin In August, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced pilot programs targeting changes to the conciliation process that would decimate worker’s rights spearheaded by EEOC Chair…
As of today, 300 workers at UIC have been infected with COVID-19, and two have died. On September 14 members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73 who work…
Since the Stay at Home Order was initially announced, over 1000 evictions have been filed in Chicago. This is despite Governor Pritzker’s extension of the eviction moratorium originally put forth…
This week Illinois officials have released guidelines for students to return to classrooms this fall, including face coverings, social distancing and limits on the number of people in a gathering.…