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Lightfoot unveils broad relief package for Chicago businesses, consumers By FOX 32 Digital Staff Published  Lightfoot to unveil restaurant relief package at city council meeting Mayor Lori Lightfoot is set to unveil a restaurant coronavirus relief package at Wednesdays city council meeting. CHICAGO - Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled a package of ordinances on Wednesday designed to jumpstart recovery for Chicago businesses, workers and consumers in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The Chi Biz...

LONDON: Qatari authorities have ignored hundreds of migrant workers who are awaiting months of unpaid wages at two firms in the country, despite repeatedly being warned of the situation, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. The government set up the Workers’ Support and Insurance Fund in 2018 to address the persistent labor abuse allegations leveled against Qatar. However, the fund has not been used to benefit struggling workers in the two companies. “It is disheartening that hundred...

Workers Still Owed Wages for Months After Informing Government of Abuse Former and current employees of Imperial Trading and Construction Company (ITCC) protest months of delayed and unpaid wages outside the companys headquarters in Qatar.  © 2020 Private (Beirut) – Qatari authorities have failed to provide redress for hundreds of migrant workers who are suffering from months of unpaid wages at two companies, even though authorities have repeatedly been in...