Week of September 6, 2017 Vol 36 • No 43 •
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STEANS CREATES NEW PROTECTION FOR SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS +P3
South Suburban Business
THE POWER OF BLACK MEDIA P4
News
SUMMIT HELD ON PREPAREDNESS AS THE AMERICAN RED CROSS RESPONDS TO HURRICANE HARVEY P2 Church
CHRIST UNIVERSAL PASTOR OFFERS 21ST CENTURY SOLUTIONS FOR ACHIEVING HAPPINESS IN NEW BOOK, ‘GUIDELINES FOR A MASTER’ P6
In the recent wake of Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto of an $15 minimum wage hike, several workers gathered on the floor of the James R. Thompson Center lobby chanting, “Rauner Vetoed $15, Veto Rauner in 18!” Photo Courtesy of Fight for $15
ILLINOIS WORKERS, LEADERS CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE RAUNER’S MINIMUM WAGE VETO By Christopher Shuttlesworth
In the recent wake of Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto of an $15 minimum wage hike, community workers from the Fight for $15 organization gathered and held a protest inside of the James R. Thompson Center, located 100 W Randolph St. Illinois’ current minimum wage has stood at $8.25 cents for more than a decade. Rauner vetoed Senate Bill (SB) 81, which was set to raise the statewide minimum
wage to $15 an hour by year 2022. SB-81 bill would have generated $2.3 billion in revenue and raised wages for more than 2 million Illinois workers, including half of the state’s African American and women workers and 60 percent of Latino workers, according to a Fight for $15 press release. “Billionaire Rauner just stole food out of my son’s mouth and blocked raises for 1 in 3 working people across Illinois,” Adriana Alvarez, a McDonald’s worker stated in the Fight for $15 press release. “We’re here to let
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