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Author Archives: Jacqueline Serrato — South Side Weekly

On a Gradual Path to a $15 Minimum Wage

by Jacqueline Serrato — South Side Weekly December 31, 2020January 4, 2021

Over the summer, Chicago’s minimum wage increased to $13.50 per hour for small employers and $14 per hour for larger workplaces. Some municipalities in Cook County are close behind at $13. But for many Chicagoans who work outside the city and county limits—not uncommon for the region’s lowest-paid workers—the Illinois minimum wage is set to […]

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