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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

Lightfoot orders audit to narrow gender, racial pay gap among city workers

An equal-pay rally was held outside the Thompson Center in 2019. (Sun-Times files)

Much has been written and said about the pandemic-driven “she-cession” that widened the pay gap between men and women and had a disproportionate impact on women of color.

On Monday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot moved to do something about it in a way that is unlikely to be undone by her male successor.

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