Feb 14, 2019 | Jones
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Fighting to provide Illinois’ middle-class families with a much-needed raise in income, state Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet City, voted to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. “For too long, families across the South Suburbs, and...
Feb 14, 2019 | Welch
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Chicago, issued the following statement after the passage of legislating creating a fair wage in Illinois, Senate Bill 1, passed the General Assembly: “Last November, the people of Illinois rejected the corporate...
Feb 14, 2019 | Villa
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – After the Illinois House of Representatives joined the state Senate in approving a minimum wage increase, state Rep. Karina Villa, D-West Chicago, issued the following statement: “As the daughter of local small business owners, I strongly...
Feb 14, 2019 | Didech
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Committed to ensuring working families earn enough to be able to support themselves and their communities, state Rep. Dan Didech, D-Buffalo Grove, voted to pass legislation that would gradually increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025,...
Feb 14, 2019 | Yingling
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Sam Yingling, D-Grayslake, voted to increase the minimum wage to expand the middle class while offering tax credits to small businesses to help offset the costs of the increase. “The hardworking people of Illinois deserve a raise,” said...