Discriminated Against For Reporting a Work Injury? Call EEA at (312) 226-2650
In these tough economic times, Employers are looking for ways to cut costs anywhere they can. Often, they do this without consideration of the law. Employers who terminate you for exercising your rights under the IL Workers Compensation Act (“ILWCA”) are in violation of the law. If you think that you have been discharged by [...]
Non-Profit State WC Insurance Fund? It’s on the table in Springfield…
We keep hearing media and business scream that that the business climate in the State of Illinois is unfair. This is even true after the major reduction in benefits under the 2011 IL Workers’ Compensation Act, a major take-away of employee rights and physician services, and a major give-away to business and the insurance industry. But, [...]
FARM WORKERS DESERVE BASIC PROTECTIONS
What’s the most dangerous sector of the U.S. economy for workers? Did you guess coal mining? Construction? Think again: Workers in agriculture, fishing and hunting are eight times more likely to die on the job than the average worker. That’s why the American Public Health Association says it’s high time to include agricultural workers in [...]
CHICAGO’S UNIONS STAND WITH LOCKED-OUT WORKERS ACROSS THE MIDWEST
While strikes have been on the decline for two decades, lockouts are on the rise as employers are “increasingly on the offensive and trying to call the shots in bargaining,” according to the New York Times. Workers at Cooper Tire in Ohio and at American Crystal Sugar refineries in North Dakota are now facing employer [...]
Two more ways to support justice for restaurant workers
On Valentine’s day we let you know about ROC United’s campaign for “Dignity at Darden” – the massive restaurant chain that owns Red Lobster, Olive Garden and the upscale Capital Grille. You can show your support for their campaign by signing this online petition against race discrimination at Capital Grille, cosponsored by Colorofchange.org: http://colorofchange.org/campaign/restaurants/original_email/ ROC [...]
$25 Billion to Homeowners…$1B in Illinois…Not Bad.
On February 9, the Obama administration and the state attorneys general announced the mortgage settlement agreement that will help the victims of foreclosure abuse. The country’s top mortgaging lenders (Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Ally) agreed to provide $ 25 billion dollars to the homeowners who qualify. One million American homeowners [...]
Show a little love this Valentine’s Day and donate to help those who serve us everyday…
ROC United, otherwise known as the Restaurant Opportunities Center, a fighting organization of restaurant workers and their supporters, offers you a chance to show those servers, bussers and cooks some love. ROC United chose yesterday, 2/13, to remind us that the federal minimum wage for tipped workers is still a miserable $2.13 an hour – [...]
The Super Bowl and the war on Indiana workers
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels signed the union-busting “right-to-work” bill into law on Wednesday. This despite polls showing only a third of Indiana voters supported the anti-labor bill – while 71% favored letting the people decide in a statewide referendum. Tens of thousands of working people poured into the streets to protest Wednesday, marching to the [...]
American Airlines to cut 13,000 jobs nationwide
American Airlines, after recently filing for bankruptcy protection, is about to cut 15% of its workforce. AMR’s new CEO (the last CEO stepped down because he was disgusted that AMR would not honor its obligations – and did not have a golden parachute — odd, in these times…) claims they need to cut 20% of AMR’s labor costs. [...]
IL Employers could save 15-35% on workers’ compensation costs…here’s how
34 states in these United States have implemented an “injury and illness prevention program.” Guess who hasn’t? ILLINOIS. Why? Ask your legislators, because there is absolutely no good reason not to have an injury and illness prevention program other than sheer laziness of our legislators or fear that businesses may cry about it. Illness and [...]