Cook County IL Factsheet
- Aug 10, 2023
- 1 min read
THE SUBMINIMUM WAGE for tipped workers is $8.00 an hour in the state of Illinois, compared to the state’s full hourly minimum wage of $13.
A direct legacy of slavery, the subminimum wage impacts a Cook County workforce of almost 78,000 tipped workers, 60 percent of whom are women and 46 percent are people of color, who earn on average just $16.68 per hour.
Your first day in Monkey Mart is surprisingly quiet.
There is no huge supermarket.
No team of workers.
No endless shelves full of products.
Just you, a small shop, and a simple goal: keep the customers happy.
At the beginning, every task belongs to you. You grow products, collect items, fill shelves, and wait for customers to arrive. It feels slow, but that is exactly what makes the first steps satisfying.
Because when the store finally starts growing, you remember that every upgrade came from those small beginnings.
Your First Day As Shop Owner
Running your first store seems easy at first.
You walk around collecting products, place them on shelves, and collect coins from customers. There are no complicated…