Jan 29, 2019 | Mah
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Theresa Mah, D-Chicago, is fighting to crack down on corporations that pay women less than men doing the same job by sponsoring legislation that would prohibit employers from using an unfair practice that locks women and minorities into...
Nov 13, 2017 | Andrade
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Jaime Andrade, D-Chicago, joined a bipartisan effort to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of legislation that cracks down on businesses engaging in wage discrimination. “It pains me to think that in today’s society my daughter may not be...
Oct 26, 2017 | Mah
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics has shown that women in the State of Illinois earn mere fraction of what their male counterparts earn for the same occupations. With Republican Governor Bruce Rauner recently vetoing a measure that would...
Oct 26, 2017 | Harper
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –State Rep. Sonya Harper, D-Chicago, joined Democratic and Republican legislators in the Illinois House to override Governor Rauner’s veto of an equal pay bill that is aimed at ending pay discrepancies between men and women in Illinois. “The...
May 1, 2017 | Burke_K
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Legislation sponsored by state Rep. Kelly Burke, D-Evergreen Park, to end wage discrimination by requiring employers to pay the same wage to workers who have the same experience and do the same job recently passed the House. “Women have...