Report paints grim picture for warehouse workers
Chicago Tribune
Alejandra Cancino
Temporary workers in Will County working in warehouses tend to make poverty-level wages and are less likely to have basic benefits, according to a report released Monday by Warehouse Workers for Justice.
“Bad Jobs in Goods Movement,” an eight-month survey of 319 warehouse workers, painted a grim picture of the living situation of temporary workers in the region. Among the most troubling findings: one in three workers injured on the job were fired or disciplined when reporting the injury and only 4 percent of temporary workers had health insurance.