Recently, The Herald-News printed an article about FedEx opening a distribution center that is to bring 400 jobs to the area.
My concern is what kind of jobs will those be?
Are people aware of the problems in the existing warehouses, a “perma-temp” system? Poverty-level jobs, wage theft, discrimination and abuse, lack of benefits and unsafe working conditions are some of the problems these workers face. Companies seem to get around their responsibility to their workers by contracting out to temp agencies.
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While I applaud the work that must have been done to secure this facility in the Will County area, attention must be made to the working conditions of our fellow citizens. A job that doesn’t pay a living wage is hardly a job at all.
Elaine Torrence
