SUBSTITUTE
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, Chicago-O'Hare International Airport and Chicago Midway Airport ("the airports") provide vital services to the traveling public, to the air carriers operating at the airports, and to the economy of the City of Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Successful operation of the airports requires that airport patrons have access on an ongoing basis to a wide variety of foods and beverages, to newspapers and other reading materials, and to gift stores and duty-free stores; and
WHEREAS, Labor disputes involving concessionaires at the airports impede the efficient and orderly provision of these critical services to the traveling public; and
WHEREAS, The City of Chicago seeks to reduce the potential for labor-related disruptions at the airports by requiring airport concessionaires, as a condition of their concession contract with the City, to enter into agreements with labor organizations representing or seeking to represent their employees prohibiting the labor organization and its members from engaging in picketing, work stoppages, boycotts or other means of dispute resolution that interfere with a concessionaire's ability to conduct uninterrupted business operations at the airports; and
WHEREAS, The City of Chicago seeks, as a matter of policy, to ensure that its residents and members of the traveling public have access to reliable, high-quality concession and transportation services at its airports; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are hereby incorporated into this ordinance as if fully set forth herein and are hereby declared to be the findings of the City Council of the City of Chicago.
SECTION 2. Chapter 10-36 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting a new Section 10-36-210, as follows:
10-36-210 Labor-related requirements governing concession agreements at the airports.
(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
"Airport" means Chicago-O'Ha...
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