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    A Goodwill CEO resigns after threatening to stop paying disabled workers, sparking outrage

    by Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune Jul 19, 2019 2 minutes

    CHICAGO - The chief executive officer of a downstate branch of Goodwill Industries resigned Thursday following outrage across Illinois over her recent threat to stop paying many of the nonprofit's disabled employees, citing expected rising payroll costs due to the pending state minimum wage increase.

    After much backlash on social media, Land of Lincoln Goodwill Industries in Springfield on Wednesday reversed its

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