Lobbying Activity: Chicago Retail Merchants Association on Scheduling Ordinance
July 1, 2018
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The Frame
This document tracks efforts by a retail industry group to influence local labor laws that would regulate how businesses set employee work schedules.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Chicago Retail Merchants Association
The organization is actively seeking to influence the outcome of a specific legislative proposal regarding scheduling requirements.
Chicago retail employees
The proposed ordinance would change the legal requirements for how their work schedules are managed by employers.
Last recorded activity July 1, 2018.
Next step not available in the current record.
Summary
Key Facts
- John A. Doerrer acted as the lobbyist for the Chicago Retail Merchants Association.
- The lobbying effort targeted the Chicago City Council and individual Aldermen.
- The stated goal of the lobbying was to secure a vote against a 'restrictive scheduling ordinance'.
- The reporting period for this activity was July 1, 2018, to September 30, 2018.
- The jurisdiction for this lobbying activity is Chicago, Illinois.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Chicago Retail Merchants Association trying to achieve?
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Why It Matters
This document tracks efforts by a retail industry group to influence local labor laws that would regulate how businesses set employee work schedules.
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Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Retail Industry Labor Lobbying
The document highlights the retail industry's organized opposition to local scheduling mandates during the 2018 legislative cycle.
Connected Entities
Sources
data.cityofchicago.org
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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