A Chicago pizzeria said it temporarily closed because of the labor shortage, costing it $5,000. Its

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Amazon Eats and Taco Bell will save Chicago

35 percent of Illinois’ small businesses have closed due to COVID-19, study says
35 percent of Illinois’ small businesses have closed due to COVID-19, study says
More small businesses have closed in Illinois than in any other Midwestern state, except Michigan

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By WIFR Newsroom
Published: Mar. 30, 2021 at 10:48 AM PDT


CHICAGO, Ill. (WIFR) - Small businesses have been badly damaged in Illinois in the year since state-mandated COVID-19 mitigation protocols took effect across the state.

35 percent of small businesses are closed now compared to before the pandemic, according to data collected from the Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker, a project of Harvard University. Analysis from the nonpartisan Illinois Policy Institute using this data found more small businesses have closed in Illinois than in any other Midwestern state, except Michigan. Illinois’ massive decline in the number of small businesses ranks eighth worst in the nation.

• 50 percent of small businesses in the food services and accommodations industry and 51% of small businesses in the leisure and hospitality industry have closed, compared to before the pandemic. These were the most affected sectors in Illinois.
• Nearly 38 percent of Illinois small businesses in the educational and health services industry are still closed, the sixth most in the nation.
• Over 30 percent of small businesses in the transportation industry are still closed in Illinois, the eighth-most in the nation.
• Nearly 34 percent of small retail businesses have closed, eighth-most in the nation.

Bryce Hill, senior research analyst at the nonpartisan Illinois Policy Institute, offered the following statement, “This data illustrates Illinois small businesses’ struggle to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic over the last year. Small businesses are the main job providers in the state – 69 percent of all new jobs created in Illinois come from firms with fewer than 20 employees. It’s vital they survive and reopen.

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Ok so if COVID's the problem, then it's all the dumbass Republicans fault because its their stupid anti-vax, anti-mask, nonsense under Trump that allowed this mess to spiral out of control in the first place.

But republicans care so much about small businesses right


congrats goofy, you played yourself

 

[Savvir]

I'm not a commie. 18-20 an hour plus benefits is perfect for a low skill job. High class money for a job a 5 year old can do breaks the game and hands it over to the class you think youre bucking.

I'm not trying to be a bytch to the bank, large corps and the government and this path will take us directly to that end game.

Free market economy.

If 18-20 an hour was "enough" he wouldn't have a problem finding workers lol...

Capitalism is only good when it makes business owners happy huh.

 

[BunchePark]

Just got home high as fukk and y'all got me hungry lol lemme see if I got ingredients

 

[Mowgli]

Free market economy.

If 18-20 an hour was "enough" he wouldn't have a problem finding workers lol...

Capitalism is only good when it makes business owners happy huh.

I'm speaking in general not so much simping for this particular owner. I wonder the race of his workers.

If I was down to my last dollar I'd be on that. Is it my age? How you dead broke passing on 20?

The rent is under a thousand dollars in Chicago in a lit of places. It's not a tough city economically like that.

I don't get it.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Some of Coalfire's staffers had quit for higher-paid jobs at larger restaurant groups and hotels, Bonomi added. Coalfire boosted its starting salary for cooks with little to no prior experience to $18 an hour from $15, he said.

Then what are the larger restaurants paying for cooks? Why didn't the article tell what he's paying the actual staff? Busboys, waiters. waitresses, etc? The low-paid staff is probably the reason why he can't keep the place open.

 

[ORDER_66]

Whatever happened to the gif of Ryu uppercutting your busted hairline? That was a classic. I ain't seen it in a minute.

Da fukk?!?

 

[hatealot]

Except professionals & trades aren't behind in wages.


Engineers have median salaries of $90k. Nursing it's about the same median salary. IT folks make $100k easy. The trades make $80k and sometimes make more than professionals. And those take a few years to get after 4 years training/education. So as you can see, the higher your skill, the more you get paid.

Meanwhile Y'all talking about starting off fast food workers with $30/hr with just 2 weeks training.

When your opinion is based on emotion, nobody is gonna take you seriously.

All this shyt is gonna just increase rents and people are going to be at square one again.

But I'm for a higher minimum wage but not naive to not know they aren't going to raise rents.

These Real estate holding companies/private equity have analyst that look for these indicators to maximize profit.

They increase wages they just gonna up the cost of rent that will maintain the same percentage they are already making on the rental properties.

It's not gonna do anything for the cost of living in respect to rents.

Now food is a different story.

The government needs to step in and overhaul how much rent can be increased and be aggressive about it.

but that is why they only build luxury housing now.

* I think I may have replied to the wrong person but my point still stands

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

All this shyt is gonna just increase rents and people are going to be at square one again.

But I'm for a higher minimum wage but not naive to not know they aren't going to raise rents.

These Real estate holding companies/private equity have analyst that look for these indicators to maximize profit.

They increase wages they just gonna up the cost of rent that will maintain the same percentage they are already making on the rental properties.

It's not gonna do anything for the cost of living in respect to rents.

Now food is a different story.

The government needs to step in and overhaul how much rent can be increased and be aggressive about it.

but that is why they only build luxury housing now.

* I think I may have replied to the wrong person but my point still stands

You didn't just reply to the wrong person, you replied to yourself when you mentioned the cost of food and luxury apartments halfway into your post.

Inflation is going to happen whether or not people get paid more and that's been evident for 20+ years.

Over the last 20 years

Gas is up 400%
Rent is up 300%
Milk is up 200% (could be worse without government subsidies)

Wages are up 170%

 

[hatealot]

You didn't just reply to the wrong person, you replied to yourself when you mentioned the cost of food and luxury apartments halfway into your post.

Inflation is going to happen whether or not people get paid more and that's been evident for 20+ years.

Over the last 20 years

Gas is up 400%
Rent is up 300%
Milk is up 200% (could be worse without government subsidies)

Wages are up 170%

Thanks

 

[FeverPitch2]

There's something buddy not telling us.
Restaurant jobs are typically for high school and college students, young adults just starting out, or adults who need to supplement their own income or the income of their household.
These are not careers.
There's no way a mom and pop business should be paying above market wages.
Mom and pops used to rely on family for labor, which evens out because what they lack in wages, they benefit from profit.
If people are no showing interviews and his staff doesn't want to come to work, it's possible that it could be a hostile work environment.
Not every business owner knows how to run a business or be a good boss. We know this for a fact.
Most jobs sound like the shyt on paper, then you learn the truth once you get up in there.
The fact that this mf is out here tryna get sympathy because two employees called off says a lil somn about this guy.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Yea you'd know more then anyone about racist Asians.

But there's a photo of me in my in laws house. I'm the best. People who dont like me are insane. Running with team Jesus has it's perks brother. I'ts difficult to have a reason to hate on me I'm sorry. Give it up put the backwoods away and sit the hell down!

Yeah they use your pic as a dartboard. That upside-down shark tooth missing from your hairline is the bullseye.

You’re a goof. You choose to think just like your imperialist middlemen ancestors.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

People saying McDonald's should give a living wage don't understand business and don't care to understand. They want Zaddy.

If McD never paid living wages for that job, then I could understand this idea. But a long time ago, McD did pay living wages for that job. So it's not they don't understand business. It's they don't understand that shareholders getting their returns takes precedence over workers getting paid fair wages. And it's been like that since the 80s. I guess that trend is ending now.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS

all those current $30+ an hour occupations you worried about should be getting paid more! wages have been stagnant for a lot of professions for decades.

did it ever occur to you they should be fighting for better wages as well?

Agree.

I'm gonna need receipts for that. Sounds like they're just mixing up numbers to prove an unsubstantiated point. But it is true that Amazon workers can be paid more than they are.

If I went to school (college or trade) for 4 years and find out that someone who flips burger from day 1 with 5 days of work experience is making as much money as me. You damn right I'm gonna be mad and pretty much be "fukk that".
However, I won't deny they should get paid a better wage, have better benefits, and not be forced to work sweatshop hours.

This is another twisting of the numbers. Min wage if it kept up with inflation would be around $13/hr, not $25/hr. That's a different calculation altogether.

 

[BlackBall]

Supply and demand beat up those wages

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Except professionals & trades aren't behind in wages.

That's bullshyt. Yes, they are. Just because someone is paid more than the burger flipper doesn't mean they're getting paid what they're supposed to. Plus, different regions get different pay and there's COL to take into account which those medians/averages never do.