Mayor Brandon Johnson's paid leave ordinance delayed, signaling substantive disagreement over the plan.
Facing pushback from Black aldermen and business interests, a key city panel pressed pause on a vote Monday to expand Chicago’s paid leave policies beyond other big cities such as New York and Los Angeles. It’s likely some version of the paid leave legislation will eventually pass. It’s a key plank of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s pro-worker agenda and supporters Monday said they had the votes necessary to pass it. The delay signaled substantive disagreement over the ordinance, however.
’” Coleman, 16th, said Rodriguez was adamant about having a vote Monday, but the Black Caucus “stood up to say” Black businesses needed to be part of negotiations. Chief among the their concerns, she said, was that smaller businesses won’t be able to afford payouts of accrued time off to exiting employees. Ald.
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