Labor & employment

Stories about labor & employment

An investigation of the extent and consequences of wage theft in metro Chicago. (PDF)

Workers compensation shows how Illinois and Indiana value workers differently—literally. (PDF)

Chicago tickets the city's vendors of corn and fresh fruit, eating away at already meager profits. (PDF)

“There are positions in slaughterhouses—eviscerator, the gut-snatcher. That's a job title.” (PDF)

Gov. Bruce Rauner’s statement that Illinois’ neighbors are adding jobs because they passed anti-union laws is “a little disingenuous.” (PDF)

Manufacturers say they can’t find enough workers. But wages have grown little in the industry. (PDF)