Tag: Illinois legislature
Pritzker signs $15 minimum wage into law
Youth and tipped worker wages going up, too
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Workers throughout Illinois cheered recently when Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the...
Illinois approves raising minimum wage to $15
Increase will be phased-in over six years
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – It was kind of predictable. The Illinois Legislature has approved the first increase...
Manar proposes Springfield campus for SIU
Springfield, IL – Southern Illinois University last year floated the idea of building a satellite law school in either Springfield or Edwardsville. A $50...
Illinois moving to increase minimum wage
Proposals target $15 hourly rate
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
It is said that Henry Ford raised his workers’ wages to $5 a day in part so...
Back pay bill gets veto-proof support in Illinois Legislature
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – The Illinois Legislature has sent Governor Bruce Rauner legislation to pay long-overdue back pay to 24,000 state union...
Illinois Senate passes plan to phase in teachers’ minimum wage
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – A plan to phase in increases to Illinois minimum teacher salaries has passed the Senate and is now before...
Worker protection bill fights ‘underground economy’
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Illinois legislators have approved creating a unit in the attorney general’s office and a related task force to protect...
Hoffman buy-Illinois bills advance in House
Springfield, IL – A pair of bills sponsored by state Representative Jay Hoffman (D-Swansea) would give preference to Illinois manufactured goods when state agencies make...
Manar sponsors ‘offshoring’ bill to keep governor’s workers on governor’s payroll
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – More than half the employees working for the Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s office are paid by state agencies with...
Hoffman advances pro-worker legislation through House Labor and Commerce Committee
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Belleville, IL – Illinois State Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-Belleville) has passed legislation that holds businesses accountable for mistreating their employees out...