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Mayor Daley Vetoes Big-Box Ordinance

CHICAGO-The ordinance requires retailers with more than $1 billion in annual sales and stores of more than 90,000 sf to pay workers higher wages.

By Marita Thomas | Updated on September 12, 2006

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CHICAGO-Mayor Richard Daley has vetoed the so-called “big-box ordinance,” passed by the City Council in July. It requires retailers with more than $1 billion in sales and stores of more than 90,000 sf to pay wages that are significantly higher than the current Illinois minimum of $6.50 an hour.

The council passed the measure in a 35-14 vote. It would take 34 votes to override the veto. The council meets on Wednesday, Sept. 13. According to published reports, at least two council members who voted for the measure have suggested they will now follow the mayor’s lead and vote against it. The veto was Daley’s first ever in his 17 years in office.

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