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A new executive order requires the city to conduct a “comprehensive pay equity audit” every two years to identify “gender and racial” differences in employee compensation in its workforce of 32,000. Three city departments will be required to compare job titles, bargaining units, sex, race and ethnicity, come clean about the findings and take specific actions to remedy “gender or racial disparities.” Mayor Lori Lightfoot also announced the entire city workforce will be required to undergo a day-and-a-half of training on “gender-based violence and harassment in the workplace.”
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Democrats purposely created pay and equity gaps in their workforce? Who’da thunk?
Many of these employees are under union contracts with salary schedules. The others are subject to pay grades and other typical public sector limits on salary. I can’t imagine they’ll find much unless they see lower level employees are performing tasks of their managers, which means bye-bye managers.
Do they do any audits of the workers performance???? My guess is their performance audit goes like this.
BIPOC +1
Female +1
Non-binary +2
Trans +3
Political operative +4
White -2
Male -4
Why cant I get a +1 for being over 65?
Low Information Lightfoot Can’t Understand How Salary Differences Between Men And Women Are Due To Many Factors Beyond Race — Like Education, Experience, Performance, Managerial Duties, Etc
Lori sneaking into the self righteous rage theatre. She needs a job and no one is stepping up to help She desperately needs to monetize something.she could wait for the weather to improve and investigate becoming a carnival ride operator. In her fedora and sweat stained Zelinskey tshirt.