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Private-sector jobs in the city last year reached their highest level in at least 25 years. Chicago Cubs employees are seen in this photograph.

Private-sector jobs in Chicago reach 25-year high

December 14, 2018 at 11:00 p.m.

Chicago’s post-recession rebound is far exceeding that of surrounding suburbs as private-sector jobs in the city last year reached their highest level in at least 25 years. Chicago employers reported...

Employees want their job to matter, but meaning at work can be hard to find

May 9, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

Jennifer Ruiz holds her patient’s trembling hand as she presses a stethoscope to the frail woman’s chest and belly. She compliments the woman on her recently painted fingernails. She cheerfully...

Rigoberto Velazquez, who went through the Accenture apprenticeship program and has been hired for a permanent position in the company's IT department, takes part in a Sept. 22, 2017, transition meeting at Accenture's Chicago office.

Apprenticeship programs enjoy new life as a workplace solution

December 18, 2018 at 12:39 a.m.

Rigoberto Velazquez had a bachelor's degree in psychology from DePaul University and a steady job at a home health agency, but wasn't sure what he really wanted to do with...

EEOC sues Lakeshore Sport and Fitness, alleges workplace harassment

June 2, 2018 at 7:52 a.m.

Lincoln Park's Lakeshore Sport and Fitness has been sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly failing to protect an employee from sexual harassment by a co-worker. The EEOC...

Unemployment in the Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights metro division dropped to 5.4 percent in August from 5.9 percent a year before.

Unemployment declines across Illinois metro areas in August

June 2, 2018 at 8:48 a.m.

Every metro area in Illinois saw its unemployment rate drop in August compared with a year before and nearly all had an increase in jobs, according to preliminary data released...

A man seeks donations on Michigan Avenue in March 2017. According to the Census Bureau, poverty fell and median income rose substantially last year in both Chicago and Illinois.

Poverty fell, income rose last year in Illinois, Chicago

June 2, 2018 at 11:01 a.m.

Poverty fell and median income rose substantially last year in Chicago and Illinois, mirroring national trends that suggest Americans were reclaiming financial strength after a long recovery from the Great...

Jeremy Porter, left, and, Kim Abron, center, listen to Philip Fairweather during an Entrepreneurship Training Program class at the Illinois Small Business Development Center at Austin's Bethel New Life on Sept., 12, 2017.

JPMorgan Chase’s $40 million investment in Chicago seeks to fight poverty through economic growth

December 17, 2018 at 10:03 a.m.

JPMorgan Chase plans to invest $40 million in Chicago's historically underserved South and West sides in an effort to tackle the city's poverty and violence through economic growth. The three-year...

Airport workers, such as Blanca Silva who is a cleaner at O'Hare Airport, stand up at City Hall to support the ordinance allowing workers to unionize and get a pay increase Wednesday Sept.6, 2017.

City Council approves law boosting pay, easing unionization for airport workers

June 2, 2018 at 3:24 p.m.

The Chicago City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Wednesday that will give airport baggage handlers, janitors and other contracted workers a pay bump and make it easier for them to...

Jay Meza, 23, a global administration manager at Miramar Group, attends a Sept. 5, 2017, news conference outside the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago where speakers protested the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Meza, who lives in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, came to the U.S. from Mexico when he was 3 years old and has a work permit thanks to DACA.

‘Desperation and anxiety’: DACA repeal worries Illinois businesses, could cost state economy $2.3 billion

June 2, 2018 at 2:57 p.m.

Miramar Group CEO Juan Ochoa knows what it is like to grow up living in the U.S. illegally. Brought from Mexico when he was 8 years old, he heard stories...

Airplane cabin cleaner Edith Alvarenga, seen Aug. 29, 2017, at home with her dog Pepito, says she is looking forward to the passage of a Chicago city ordinance that would boost the wages of O'Hare and Midway airport workers and clear the path for them to unionize. "I like the work and I want to make this job better," Alvarenga, a native of El Salvador, said in Spanish.

Chicago set to raise airport workers’ pay, clear path to a union

June 2, 2018 at 4:18 p.m.

Edith Alvarenga has spent the past 12 years picking up trash, sweeping up crumbs and mopping up spills — and occasional bodily fluids — that passengers leave behind on airplanes....

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