Employment – Independent Chicago News & Marketplace- Chi-Town Review https://www.chitownreview.com Discuss and share Chicago news and data: Chicago education, crime, human rights, politics and more. Trusted source for local independent online news. Mon, 04 Jun 2018 01:38:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Contractor to lay off 480 CPS janitors following complaints https://www.chitownreview.com/cps-janitors-layoffs/ https://www.chitownreview.com/cps-janitors-layoffs/#respond Mon, 15 Sep 2014 19:02:30 +0000 http://www.chitownreview.com/?p=6220 The private company that manages custodial services for Chicago Public Schools is laying off nearly 500 employees by the end of the month.

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]]> https://www.chitownreview.com/cps-janitors-layoffs/feed/ 0 Fast food workers arrested during minimum wage protest https://www.chitownreview.com/fast-food-workers-arrested-minimum-wage-protest/ https://www.chitownreview.com/fast-food-workers-arrested-minimum-wage-protest/#respond Fri, 05 Sep 2014 19:45:09 +0000 http://www.chitownreview.com/?p=6142 About 19 Chicago fast food workers were arrested while demanding a higher wage on the South Side.

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]]> https://www.chitownreview.com/rahm-emanuel-minimum-wage-executive-order/feed/ 0 How you can pledge to vote to raise Illinois minimum wage https://www.chitownreview.com/can-pledge-vote-raise-illinois-minimum-wage/ https://www.chitownreview.com/can-pledge-vote-raise-illinois-minimum-wage/#respond Wed, 27 Aug 2014 22:50:05 +0000 http://www.chitownreview.com/?p=6103 A new website from SEIU lets voters sign pledge cards, vowing to vote yes for November's Illinois referendum on raising state minimum wage from $8.25 to $10.

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