Council Fails to Override Veto of Living Wage
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From Times Wire Reports
The so-called living-wage ordinance that would have required mega-retailers in Chicago to pay their workers higher wages was turned back when the City Council fell three votes short of those needed to override Mayor Richard M. Daley’s veto.
During a 2 1/2 -hour hearing, proponents of the measure reiterated their contention that the measure would guarantee employees a living wage. But they were outnumbered by aldermen who said the measure would prompt such businesses to open outside the city and take their jobs.
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