APRIL 7, 2021
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Westchester creates new video gaming liquor licenses
Timothy Bell, the executive pastor at World Deliverance who played Jesus, walks through Bellwood on Good Friday during a reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus. Read more on page 3.
In effort to clamp down on gaming, board votes on new ordinance, drawing ire of local businessman
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By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
During a regular meeting on March 9, the Westchester Village Board voted unanimously to approve an ordinance that amends the village’s municipal code to create new liquor license classifications for businesses with video gaming terminals. The measure comes amid a months-long face-off between businessman Mike Manzo and village officials over a granting a new license for another Anna’s Place. The new Class K-1 and Class K-2 liquor licenses are essentially the same, with the former allowing for the sale of hard liquor and the latter allowing for the sale of beer and wine only. In order to obtain either license, businesses would need to have been located See WESTCHESTER on page 9
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Driver who once worked out of company’s Melrose Park warehouse wants coworkers to put up organized fight for better working conditions By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
On Wednesday, activists with the West Side-based labor group Black Workers Matter protested outside of the Amazon ware-
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house at 1500 S. Laramie Ave. in Cicero, because of stories like the one told by the anonymous driver who said he wanted to share his experiences working for the company on the condition they remain anonymous. “They overwork you,” said the driver, who requested anonymity because they fear retaliation by Amazon. The plural pronoun is being used to protect the person’s identity. “It’s stressful. And they’re steady upping the number of packages they expect you to deliver. It starts off at 20 an hour and then goes up to 25 an hour and now it’s at 30 an hour. Those are impossible numbers.”
The driver said they’ve been working out of the Cicero warehouse for less than a year. Prior to Cicero, they worked at the Amazon warehouse that’s located on the site of the old Maywood Park racetrack at 8600 W. North Ave. in Melrose Park. Conditions are the same at Amazon warehouses everywhere, they said. “You can’t even really use the bathroom like a normal person, because they’re monitoring everything and they see if you go off route,” they said. “We’re supposed to get two 15-minute breaks, but people don’t take them. That’s why you hear about Amazon drivers peeing and even pooping in bottles See AMAZON on page 5
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