Apr 24
CHICAGO — When Chris Thomas, 25, started working at the Nike store in downtown Chicago in 2008, he made $10.15 an hour — at least a few dollars short of what he’d need to move out of his parents’ house in Oak Park, Ill.
Over the next two years, his pay rose to $11.17. Then the store shut down for renovations and he and dozens of other workers were laid off. When it reopened last October, Thomas was one of the “lucky ones” who was rehired, he said on Wednesday.
“However, I didn’t feel so lucky when I heard I would be getting hired at the bigger, newer, more profitable store for less than I ever made before,” he said.
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