Chicagoland Chamber Of Commerce

Outside Opinion: $15 minimum wage would hurt mom-and-pop businesses

June 17, 2018 at 1:21 p.m.

Chicago aldermen have proposed gradually raising the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour, and then later increasing it according to the cost of living. And in November, Illinois voters...

Workplace wellness leads to lower health care costs

August 23, 2021 at 1:28 a.m.

There is no doubt that businesses are looking to run lean and mean in today's economy, but those that fail to make room for employee wellness are only supersizing future...

Don’t halt education law’s momentum now

August 21, 2021 at 7:13 p.m.

As children head back to classrooms this fall, the business community stands to gain by helping to nurture education reform. Establishing and maintaining quality education programs for all of our...

BP has been playing by the rules

August 21, 2021 at 7:22 p.m.

The political conversation about BP's plans to upgrade its Whiting, Ind., refinery has missed one very key point: BP has already received its water permit from the Indiana Department of...

United’s success

August 21, 2021 at 12:21 p.m.

United Airlines is a key employer in our region, a central player in Chicago's thriving tourism and hospitality industry, and an important link to new global markets for Chicago business....

On behalf of the Midwest Aviation Coalition and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, we disagree with the Tribune that airlines should voluntarily reduce scheduled flights to address travel delays ("Too...

Doing business

August 19, 2021 at 12:12 p.m.

On behalf of businesses across the Chicago area, I want to thank the Tribune for its editorial "Rod to biz: You're evil," which cuts out the rhetoric and focuses on...

A healthy United makes for a healthy Chicago

August 20, 2021 at 12:41 a.m.

The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce disagrees with the Tribune's Oct. 23 editorial "Time to force change at United." Our concern is that the Tribune fails to acknowledge the historic efforts...

O’Hare costs

August 19, 2021 at 8:38 p.m.

I must respond to the Suburban O'Hare Commission's wild cost estimates of the O'Hare improvement project recently published in the Tribune ("O'Hare opponents look for all angles," Trib West, Jan....

Helping employees overcome substance abuse

August 20, 2021 at 7:36 a.m.

The Drug Testing Index has reported a steady rise in the failure rate for random tests among the national workforce ("Random drug tests nabbing more workers," Working, Aug. 8). A...