Brookfield Zoo, union reach tentative agreement on new contract
Brookfield Zoo and its workers' union reached a tentative agreement Thursday on a new five-year contract that had raised debate over how to pay for a big jump in health...
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Chicago’s A.T. Kearney is nation’s highest-paying company, says Glassdoor
Chicago-based management consulting firm A.T. Kearney has bested Silicon Valley tech firms for the top spot in Glassdoor's list of 25 Highest Paying Companies in America. "That's a name we...
Wanted: Stay-at-home moms wanting to get back to work
After nine years at Google, Phoebe Elder quit in July to stay home with her two kids. Relieved to get off the hamster wheel of juggling a demanding job and...
Brookfield Zoo, union extend contract to Thursday; dispute over insurance
Brookfield Zoo and a workers' union wrestling with rising health care costs have agreed to another contract extension and will resume negotiations Thursday. Teamsters Local 727, which represents workers who...
Union: Animals will be cared for in case of Brookfield Zoo strike
Brookfield Zoo workers are nearing a Monday night deadline on contract talks that have hit a snag over an elephantine rise in health care costs. Teamsters Local 727, which says...
Foreign workers waiting to win the H-1B lottery
Kaan Gunaydin knew since high school that he wanted to build start-ups. He also knew he didn't want to do it in his native Turkey, where he felt the social...
Union: O’Hare security officers fired for comments to media
Sadaf Subijano, a security officer at O'Hare International Airport for 20 years, recently became a leader in a union-backed movement to advocate for better working conditions for low-wage airport workers....
Illinois unemployment rate creeps up to 6.5 percent in March
Illinois' unemployment rate climbed to 6.5 percent in March, well above the national average, in part because more people are looking for work again. The state added nearly 15,000 jobs....
Proposed ordinance would mandate five paid sick days a year in Chicago
Calling access to paid sick leave "just a baseline of decency," Ald. Ameya Pawar joined like-minded lawmakers and advocates Wednesday in announcing a proposed ordinance that would require almost all...
Ken Griffin, McDonald’s among targets at Fight for $15’s Chicago protests
The Fight for $15 campaign plans to turn out in force Thursday for what has become a regular pre-Tax Day protest on behalf of low-wage workers — and McDonald's, while...