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dismantling systemic inequalities
We envision a society where justice, equality, and the well-being of all people and the planet take precedence over the interests of corporations and the wealthy elite.
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A People’s Lobby Initiative
Chicago Gig Alliance
Chicago Gig Alliance is winning for workers! Rideshare drivers are uniting to fight Uber and Lyft’s corporate greed and win safety, transparency, and fair wages for 85,000 workers in Chicago.
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A People’s Lobby Initiative
Health Care
Health care is a human right! The People’s Lobby believes that nobody should go broke because they’re sick, and nobody should get sick because they can’t afford care.
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UC Berkeley Labor Center confirms: “Gig drivers are getting a raw deal”
A first-of-its-kind analysis of the wages of app-based passenger and delivery drivers in Chicago reveals that gig drivers struggle to make ends meet, earning less than the city’s minimum wage. The report by the UC Berkeley Labor Center comes as rideshare drivers are increasing their demands for the City Council to urgently pass the Chicago…
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Chicago rideshare drivers win $250k outreach fund in 2025 city budget
When the City Council approved Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget on Monday, the 85,000 people who drive for Uber and Lyft in Chicago got something they’ve been fighting for for years: funding to start a worker outreach program. This $250,000 will fund multilingual, multimodal workers’ rights education outreach to rideshare drivers and other gig workers.…
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Illinois continues to close corporate tax loopholes
Illinois’ 2024 budget includes hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate tax loophole closures, including the retailer’s sales tax discount. Our work over the course of many years laid the groundwork for this win, and our allies in the Fund Our Futures coalition pushed it over the finish line in 2024. This will lead to…
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‘Heartbreaking’: Rideshare drivers say they were suddenly deactivated, left jobless
We need a fair, transparent deactivation process for the thousands of rideshare drivers who’ve been “fired by app” in Chicago. Deactivations can lose drivers their livelihoods, but the FairShare ordinance could stop this.
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Let’s Talk about Mental Health Town Hall
Our Health Care Task Force gathered nearly 100 neighbors and Illinois lawmakers to discuss expanding access to mental health care and holding insurance companies accountable.
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Send a witness slip to support public transit!
Big news! The Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act [MMA] is coming up for a Transportation Committee hearing very soon. That means it’s time for transit advocates across the state to come together and send witness slips in favor of passing this legislation.
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