For 32 years Janet Edburg worked as a laborer at Northbrook-based
Leedal, Inc. helping to manufacture laboratory equipment like stainless
steel sinks.
A mother of three, Edburg became a victim of
corporate downsizing in 2008, and lacking a high-school diploma she has
struggled to find work since then.
“I’ve gone into a very deep
depression, even felt suicidal,” Edburg said at a Chicago Jobs with
Justice rally on Friday afternoon. “One of my comrades here took me in. I
was ready to be off on the streets, homeless. And if it wasn’t for him I
would be.”
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Spending cuts for Medicaid is dominating talk in Springfield, as both
Democrats and Republicans point the finger at the health care program as one of the main causes of the state’s budget woes. The current Medicaid debate, though, is
perhaps misleading. 
