According to a new report jointly issued by the Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute, Illinois
experienced some of the worst gains in income
inequality over a 10-year period between the late 1990s and the
mid-2000s.
The report, titled Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends, which examines income inequality at the state level, was released Wednesday evening.
“We
found that Illinois ranked ninth out of ten in terms of the level of
inequality, and also that inequality grew faster in that state over the
last decade than in other states because the bottom declined
significantly,” report co-author Elizabeth McNichol, a senior fellow at
the Center, said in a conference call.
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The alleged mob ties of a new city contractor, who is costing more than 300 O'Hare 
O'Hare janitors worried about the future of their jobs made a trip to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's house yesterday afternoon to protest a new city contract. The workers rallied outside of the mayor's home on his 53rd birthday to protest the deal that will cause some 300 workers to lose their jobs next month, just days before the holidays.
The Illinois House Revenue Committee 
The impending loss next month of 300 custodial jobs at O’Hare
International Airport has raised concerns over the future relationship
between city leaders and organized labor.
Decrying low wages, understaffing and a lack of resources, about 200
nursing home workers and supporters showed up for a rally and march in
Rogers Park Thursday evening.
Dozens of custodial workers from O’Hare International Airport filled
the fifth floor of City Hall Friday in protest of a recent city contract. The Emanuel administration recently awarded a new five-year janitorial contract with a company that may replace more than 300 union jobs at the airport with non-union,
lower-paying positions by next month.