Tonya Yarbrough, a security officer at the Chicago Stock Exchange at
440 South LaSalle St., wakes up at 5 a.m. every day to commute on the
Green Line from Englewood to be at work by 7 a.m. in downtown Chicago.
She says she feels safer at work than she does at home.
“If I were
paid a little bit more maybe I’d be able to make a better life for
myself and my family,” she said. “Maybe I could move to a better neighborhood.”
Yarbrough, 42, a born-and-raised Chicagoan and security officer of nine years, makes $12.65 an hour.
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Standing outside one of the schools slated for closure, Chicago
Teachers Union (CTU) President Karen Lewis had heated words for Mayor
Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Board of Education today.
As federal employees brace themselves for furlough days, members of
the 