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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.
OUR WORK
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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.
OUR VICTORIES
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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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Environmental Justice Town Halls
Our Environmental Justice team has launched a series of town halls with members and elected officials across Chicago and the suburbs in order to not just get our public transportation back to where it was before COVID caused cuts and disruptions but to win the progressive funding our state needs to build the world-class public…
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Capital and Main
Uber and Lyft Drivers Ramp Up Push Against ‘Firing By App’
In Chicago, drivers hope the new fund signals support for a rideshare living wage and safety ordinance they have sought since 2022. That law would raise pay, increase fare transparency and add safety protections. Lori Simmons, a driver and organizer with the People’s Lobby and Chicago Gig Alliance, said she is “feeling very good about…
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Doctor, patients protest as UnitedHealth announces 2024 profits
“Right now, [UnitedHealth Group] has announced their quarterly earnings,” said Cate Readling of The People’s Lobby. “They and other profiteers report to investors with pride that they have fleeced us.”
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Reclaiming democracy through fair elections
At the end of November, we pulled together more than 100 people at Rainbow Push in Kenwood to talk about how Chicago’s current electoral system, which requires candidates for City Council to finance their own campaigns, puts major barriers in front of working people who want to run for city office. In a city where…
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