AP file photo Hiring discrimination is pervasive within temporary employment agencies that serve warehouses and factories, Chicago-area workers’ rights organizations said Tuesday in releasing a study documenting practices that allegedly hurt Black or Latino applicants. The report said that in two-thirds of tests conducted in 2019, temp agencies hired or assisted applicants of one race and declined help for those of another race at roughly the same time. The tests used Black and Latino applicants paired for similar skills and backgrounds. The findings show the importance of suing employers that violate state laws about fair hiring, said Atty. Gen. Kwame Raoul, speaking at the virtual conference where the report was announced. Noting that his office created a worker protection unit and has had a task force examine employer discrimination and harassment, Raoul said, “Where we find that this is happening, we are committed to putting a stop to it.”