Fast food workers, their community allies and clergy rallied in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park Tuesday taking their demands for a $15 an hour living wage to the Village Hall meeting. Chicago's minimum wage rose to $10.50 an hour July 1st. But in suburban Oak Park the minimum is just $8.25 an hour. 

In the early morning hours on the Atlantic City Boardwalk, nearly a thousand hotel workers went on strike July 1 against the Trump Taj Mahal after negotiations broke down over night. The strike entered its sixth day on Wednesday.

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Facing Pay as Low as $8.50/Hour, Workers Who Make Auto Parts for Ford, GM, Toyota and Mercedes Vow to Do Whatever It Takes to Win Fair Pay, Good Jobs to Lift Local Economy

Dayton, Ohio – Auto parts workers at the Creative Foam plant in Dayton, who are paid as little as $8.50/hour, announced on Thursday that they are seeking to join the UAW in an effort to win higher wages and improve working conditions.

It's still a year away, but in July of 2017 Chicago workers will get guaranteed paid sick leave. The Chicago City Council voted to approve the paid sick leave. Workers will be able to get up to five days of paid sick leave per year. Forty-two percent of Chicago workers have no paid sick days, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Read More...