First an Illinois Goodwill announced it would stop paying many disabled workers. Facing outrage, the local nonprofit rescinded the decision and apologized.
by Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune
Jul 18, 2019
2 minutes
Illinois lawmakers expressed outrage after a downstate branch of Goodwill Industries announced plans to stop paying many of the nonprofit's disabled employees, citing expected rising payroll costs due to the pending state minimum wage increase.
Yet after much backlash on social media, Land of Lincoln Goodwill Industries in Springfield on Wednesday reversed its decision, with the chief executive officer issuing an apology to "our
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