Access Living friends and allies,
The Illinois Dignity in Pay Act is now law! Yesterday, Governor JB Pritzker, Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, and a host of champions and allies gathered at Access Living to celebrate the many years of work that went into creating this new law, which will phase out the use of the disability sub minimum wage in Illinois between now and the end of 2029. At the event’s conclusion, Governor Pritzker signed Dignity in Pay into law.
Access Living would like to thank all of YOU for being part of the work to end the disability sub minimum wage in Illinois. Every call, every email, every effort to find a way to advance competitive integrated employment, to change business models and most of all, old ways of thinking: IT MATTERED. We’d like to give a special shout out to our own Economic Justice Policy Analyst Nick Boyle, who helped lead the Dignity in Pay passage in collaboration with our partners over the last two years. Thank you, Nick!
Dignity in Pay news roundup!
If you missed Governor Pritzker’s statement on signing Dignity in Pay, view the statement here.
Check out this news story from ABC in Chicago featuring Illinois self-advocates Tyson Bedford and Erin Compton, as well as Nick and his brother Matthew Boyle, …. Pritzker signs law to eliminate subminimum wage for people with disabilities by 2029
And check out these news stories! With over 24 outlets covering the Dignity in Pay bill signing, we are very proud.
- Pritzker signs bill eliminating subminimum wage for people with disabilities
- Illinois law eliminates subminimum wage for disabled workers
- Pritzker signs bill to phase out subminimum wage for disabled workers
- Dignity in Pay Act: Pritzker signs monumental bill phasing out sub-minimum wage
- New Illinois law eliminates subminimum wage for disabled workers
- Dignity in Pay Act goes into Illinois Law
Please share in the celebration by sending this email to your fellow advocates. Thank you ALL for your help winning this human rights victory!