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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 02:16 AM Feb 2016

This Bill Would Force Large Corporations To Pay a Fine if They Don’t Pay Workers a Living Wage

http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/18819/responsible-business-act-cook-county

A group of Chicago-area progressive groups and unions are backing a bill that would punish large companies who don’t pay their workers a living wage.

The Responsible Business Act would charge corporations who employ more than 750 Cook County workers at less than $15 per hour fees for paying what advocates call poverty-level wages. Since it was introduced in October last year, the act has gained the support of unions and grassroots organizations fighting for economic justice.

Two actions in support of the proposed Responsible Business Act (RBA) took place in Cook County on Monday. In Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality: Northside, or ONE Northside, led a teach-in at their offices and canvassed outside of corporate stores.

Supporters of the RBA including IIRON and the Reclaim Campaign held an action at a Walmart store in suburban Bedford Park, just outside the city limits.

The RBA is a county-level act and is sponsored by Commissioner Robert Steele of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. It currently has three co-sponsors: Joan Patricia Murphy, Luis Arroyo, Jr. and Jerry Butler; organizers say they also have two commitments to vote “yes” from Jesus "Chuy" Garcia and Larry Suffredin. Three more commissioners need to support the act in order for it to pass through the 17-member board. Monday's actions called on 11th District Commissioner

John Daley and 10th District Commissioner Bridget Gainer to back the bill.At the canvassing event organized by ONE Northside, supporters of the RBA called for Gainer to co-sponsor the proposal. They engaged pedestrians outside of Target, Starbucks and McDonald’s—all corporations that would potentially be affected by the RBA.
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This Bill Would Force Large Corporations To Pay a Fine if They Don’t Pay Workers a Living Wage (Original Post) eridani Feb 2016 OP
Oh, c'mon. We know this is impossible and hard to do so why bother trying? mikehiggins Feb 2016 #1
You mean pay a fee to get out of paying a living wage? Iggo Feb 2016 #2
Why not just raise the minimum wage? NobodyHere Feb 2016 #3

mikehiggins

(5,614 posts)
1. Oh, c'mon. We know this is impossible and hard to do so why bother trying?
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 02:20 AM
Feb 2016

Isn't this the Unicorn and Sparkly Things Bill?

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