Closing The Wage Gap

State organization lobbies lawmakers to increase pay for direct support professionals

By Kelly Roberts February 24, 2020 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Some of Tennessee’s most vulnerable people rely on direct support professionals or DSPs to care for them every day. DSPs care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and most of them do not get paid more than $10 an hour. Sometimes the love for

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Chicago’s new Office of Labor Standards seeks to expose employers taking advantage of workers

By Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff February 23, 2020 CHICAGO (WLS) — The leader of Chicago’s new Office of Labor Standards hopes people will help expose employers taking advantage of their workers, from not paying minimum wage or overtime to controlling housing and identification documents. Ania Jakubek took part in an au pair program, moving

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SUBURBAN MAYOR OPPOSES ADDING 1,500 JOBS AS ILLINOIS STRUGGLES WITH EMPLOYMENT

By Ben Szalinski February 24, 2020 Amazon bought the old commercial property, but Bolingbrook’s mayor opposes putting 1,500 jobs on it. Illinois’ job growth was below the national average in 2019. Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar flatly rejected Amazon’s bid to build an 825,000-square-foot fulfillment center, bringing 1,500 jobs to the suburb southwest of Chicago. Claar,

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