City contracts, the Rahmbo Way
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Chicago Sun-Times) Mayor Rahm Emanuel was branded a hypocrite on Tuesday for championing the middle-class at the national level and giving them the shaft locallyby awarding a $99 million OHare Airport janitorial contract to a company replacing 300 union custodians with lower-paid, non-union janitors.
Four aldermenRoderick Sawyer (6th), Rick Munoz (22nd), Scott Waguespack (32nd) and Nick Sposato (36th) said the United Maintenance contract is part of a disturbing trend that has seen Emanuel sell out middle-class workers to save a few bucks.
Citing allegations of mob ties to United Maintenance owner Rick Simon, the aldermen demanded that Emanuel re-bid the United contract in the short-term and adopt the responsible bidders ordinance to prevent a repeat.
We know itll cost us more money, but its the socially responsible thing to do
.Theres no way that anybody can agree that, simply to save a nickel here and a nickel there that we should put all of these families out on the street, Munoz said. ...................(more)
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