Warehouse Workers for Justice estimates that there are about 150,000 warehouse workersin the Chicago region. Most warehouse jobs fall into the category of precarious employment meaning that workers do not have a say in scheduling, pay, benefits, workplace safety and job security. Warehouse workers bear the burdens of long hours, high risk of occupational injuries, dangerous working conditions and nowhere to file grievances. Think about the scale of these impacts through the Warehouse Workers for Justice statistic that “Chicago has half a billion square feet of warehouse space, making it one of the largest concentrations of warehouses on the planet.”
