Welch: Fair Wage a Victory for Working Families

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...

Harper Votes to Raise Minimum Wage; Lift Residents Out of Poverty

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – To lift up the working men and women who have gone years without receiving a raise, state Rep. Sonya Harper, D-Chicago, voted recently to raise Illinois’ minimum wage to $15 per hour. “Since the late sixties and seventies, workers’ wages have not...