Emanuel signs executive order raising living wage to $13 an hour
Via Chicago Sun-Times
Mayor Rahm Emanuel signed an executive order Wednesday requiring city contractors to pay their employees $13-an-hour — 9 percent more than the $11.93 currently required — and broadened the “living wage” umbrella to include airport concessionaires.
Emanuel called it a “downpayment” on his broader promise to raise Chicago’s minimum wage to $13-an-hour by 2018, no matter how the Illinois General Assembly responds to a non-binding referendum on the issue.
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