For those who pushed for Illinois minimum wage increase, automation poses questions, challenges
By Dwight A. Weingarten Medill Reports The Illinois state minimum wage will rise to $9.25 an hour on Jan. 1, 2020, increasing for the first time in a decade, and to $15 an hour by 2025. But the struggle of low-wage workers and their political allies who fought for the increase face a seemingly steep […]
For Minimum Wage Workers, Affordable Housing is Further Out of Reach, New Study Shows
By Sydney Boles Medill Reports A new report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition shows that affordable housing is further out of reach for minimum wage workers in Chicago than it was in 2015. Someone working at the Chicago minimum wage would have to work 1.6 full-time jobs to afford a one-bedroom apartment, up […]
