Programs

  • Workplace Improvements Initiative

    WORKPLACE IMPROVEMENTS: IN 2024, ARISE CHICAGO PROVIDED INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO WORKERS TO RECOVER STOLEN WAGES AND COMPENSATION, AND CREATE SAFER CONDITIONS AND OVERALL WORKPLACE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING WINNING WAGE INCREASES. RECOVERED OVER $550,640 IN OWED WAGES AND COMPENSATION FOR LOW-PAID WORKERS. SUPPORTED WORKERS TO INCREASE WAGES BY APPROXIMATELY $1,200,000 IN 2024.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $1M

  • Worker Education And Rights Program

    WORKER EDUCATION: IN 2024, ARISE CHICAGO PROVIDED MASS WORKER EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND RESOURCES TO LOW-PAID, PRIMARILY IMMIGRANT WORKERS FACING WAGE THEFT, DANGEROUS WORKPLACE CONDITIONS, HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARDS, DISCRIMINATION, OR OTHER ABUSE. ARISE TRAINED 5,579 WORKERS AT VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS. ARISE REACHED THOUSANDS OF WORKERS THROUGH DIGITAL EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THEIR RIGHTS AT WORK.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $458.2K

  • Policy Change And Advocacy Initiative

    POLICY CHANGE & GOVERNMENT IMPROVEMENT: CITY: ARISE SERVED ON THE MAYOR'S CO-GOVERNANCE STEERING COMMITTEE. COUNTY: FOLLOWING ADVOCACY FROM ARISE, THE COOK COUNTY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CCHR HIRED AN ADDITIONAL TRAINING & OUTREACH COORDINATOR. STATE: ARISE, AS PART OF THE RAISE THE FLOOR ALLIANCE (RTF), ADVOCATED AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR ADDITIONAL WORKER PROTECTIONS PROVISIONS, SEVERAL OF WHICH WERE INCORPORATED INTO AMENDMENTS TO THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT, WHICH PASSED THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN MAY 2024 AND TOOK EFFECT JANUARY 1, 2025.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $274.9K