Thousands of contract employees at O’Hare and Midway Airports will see their hourly wages rise to $17 on July 1 — that’s $2 higher than Chicago’s $15 minimum wage. And it will go up to $18 a year later, and increase by the consumer price index every year after that.
The City Council’s Committee on Workforce Development made it happen Monday, approving an ordinance that dramatically strengthens “service provider license agreements” approved by the City Council in 2017.
