Amy Yee
Business and Economy Reporter
Philip Clement, who succeeds Michael Fassnacht, is tasked with promoting Chicago as a destination for businesses.
Since the 1990s, countless shoppers have scored eye-popping deals on a range of goods found in giant cardboard boxes and on warehouse-style shelves.
Amid growing hardship for low-income older adults, a federal program has helped over 1 million people get jobs and work training.
Union members picketed at 17 airports worldwide, including O’Hare, a week after the Chicago-based airline reported that executives received large pay hikes.
The Chicago Public Library and other systems have long had unions, but now the organizing is happening against a backdrop of unprecedented pressure on workers.
Twelve employees at the coffee shop on 58th Street and Western Avenue voted unanimously to join Starbucks Workers United, which represents about 10,000 Starbucks employees nationwide.
Hundreds of janitors who keep the city’s office buildings clean held a rally ahead of a possible strike vote on Saturday.
Chinese American Service League in Chicago’s Chinatown unites community groups under the coalition Change InSight to gain better data on Asian Americans, who have the city’s second-highest poverty rate.
Joseph Oliver said he’s possibly the Midwest’s last and only repairman specializing in vintage gas stoves, but economic hurdles have pushed him to close his beloved workshop.