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We’ve Been Fighting for $15 For 7 Years. Today I’m Celebrating a Historic Victory.

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On Tuesday, Illinois became the first state in the Midwest to enact legislation phasing in a $15-per-hour minimum wage, giving 1.4 million workers a raise every year between 2020 and 2025. Upon hearing the news last week that both houses of the Illinois General Assembly had passed the $15 minimum wage bill and would be …

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A Trailblazing New Law in Illinois Will Dramatically Expand Temp Workers’ Rights

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Beginning next summer, a sweeping new law will take effect in Illinois, ending many of the routine injustices suffered by the state’s nearly 850,000 temp employees who often work under miserable conditions. The Responsible Job Creation Act, or HB690, represents the most ambitious attempt to date by any state to regulate the growing temporary staffing industry. Introduced …

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Groundbreaking Bill in Illinois Would Give Temp Workers Equal Pay and Rights as Direct Hires

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Sweeping legislation introduced in the Illinois state legislature last month would dramatically improve pay, benefits and working conditions for almost a million of the state’s temp workers toiling in factories, warehouses and offices. The Responsible Job Creation Act, sponsored by State Rep. Carol Ammons, aims to transform the largely unregulated temporary staffing industry by introducing …

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Nannies And Housekeepers In Illinois Just Won A Major Victory

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Magdalena Zylinska has been working in people’s homes for most of the last two decades since she came to the United States from Poland. She spent some time as a nanny and a caregiver, but since 1997, she’s been a full-time housekeeper. But it wasn’t until she took classes with Arise Chicago, a worker organization, …

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.

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