Raise Illinois Action

Check out this video from our Raise Illinois press conference today -- we're calling on our state lawmakers to pass a "clean" minimum wage bill that doesn't take away the power of our cities and communities from raising the minimum wage higher if that's what the voters want. We delivered a mandate to raise the minimum wage with over 67% support -- it's time that legislators listen to the will of the people.

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Read this! Small businesses are tired of being used for an agenda they don't agree with. But the truth is that small businesses know that paying workers fair and decent wages is good for small businesses and good for our economy!

Higher minimum wage good for all businesses A letter to the editor: As a business owner in the Chicago area, I'm tired of hearing politicians and pundits claim that raising the minimum wage will hurt small business to justify their own opposition. Nothing could be further from the truth. Raising the minimum wage is smart business and smart po…