SPRINGFIELD – The activist group #Fightfor15 has been picketing in Chicago and Cook County to raise the area's minimum wage to $15. They're gaining momentum, the say, as the effort to raise the minimum wage statewide to $15 passed committee Wednesday, moving onto the House Floor for consideration.
How much do you plan to pay for hamburger and fries with a minimum wage at $15?
How many businesses do you think will shutter if this becomes law?
If this were to pass into law in Illinois, the state would become the first in the Midwest with such mandated hourly wages. Only California, New York and D.C. are in the process of reaching $15 per hour by 2022, according to the NCSL's chart located HERE.
