Victory

Winning for workers in Cook County

In 2016, after a 3-year campaign, The People’s Lobby moved the Cook County Board to pass an increase in the minimum wage in suburban Cook County that raised pay for tens of thousands of low-wage workers from $8.25 up to $13 per hour.

A few people wearing masks on the side of an empty road holding a cloth sign that reads “Defund Cook County Jail”.