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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE X, FINANCE AND TAXATION, BY ADDING AND ESTABLISHING CHAPTER 31, ENTITLED LABOR PEACE AGREEMENTS FOR HOTELS WHERE THE CITY HAS A FINANCIAL INTEREST.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark has a financial and proprietary interest in hotel operations which lease property from the City or are financed with City assistance when these operations base their payments to the City in part on the revenue they generate; and
WHEREAS, it is essential these operations conduct business efficiently and without interruption resulting from labor disputes; and
WHEREAS, the City has found that the efficient and uninterrupted operation of hospitality operations may be threatened by labor disputes; and
WHEREAS, the City's investment in these operations must be shielded from the impact that labor disputes may have on the revenue of these hospitality operations; and
WHEREAS, the City has found that it can only protect its investment by requiring as a precondition for a lease or other financial assistance that the hotel signs an agreement with the labor organizations which represent employees in the hospitality industry which prohibits the labor organization and its members from engaging in picketing, work stoppages, boycotts or other economic interference with the Hospitality Operations for the duration of the City's financial interest.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
Section 1. The Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented, are hereby amended to include a new chapter 31, in Title 10, Finance and Taxation, entitled Labor Peace Agreements for Hotels where the City has a financial interest.
10:31-1. Definitions.
The following definitions apply to this Chapter:
(1) "City" means the City of Bayonne and all City-Related Agencies.
(2) "City-Related Agencies" means all authorities ...
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