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Good morning, Chicago. Esperanza Beatriz Mendez and her children fled Venezuela to escape an economic collapse that had shut down her kids’ schools and her city’s grocery stores. Their goal now: to make a new life in Chicago. The Mendez family trekked over 3,000 miles for more than seven weeks and survived Panama’s Darién Gap, a harrowing jungle where they watched, helpless and horrified, as ...
For the last two decades, Brisa Chavez, of Cicero, Illinois, has found work through staffing agencies. Like many immigrants, the single mother has been able to find work through temp agencies because they require less paperwork and less schooling than being hired by a company directly, she said. “Unfortunately, we are also more at risk of suffering abuse in the workplace,” she said. Chavez ...
A new law aimed at strengthening legal protections for temp workers could help those who are subject to low pay and exploitation because of their employment status, advocates say.
For the last two decades, Brisa Chavez, of Cicero, has found work through staffing agencies. Like many immigrants, the single mother has been able to find…
For the last two decades, Brisa Chavez, of Cicero, has found work through staffing agencies. Like many immigrants, the single mother has been able to find work through temp agencies because they require less paperwork and less schooling than being hired by a company directly, she said. “Unfortunately, we are also more at risk of suffering abuse in the workplace,” she said. Chavez said she had ...