2-168-010 Definitions.
   (a)   As used in this ordinance, the following words and phrases shall mean and include:
      (1)   "Strike" means any concerted act of the employees in a lawful refusal of the employees to perform work, or services for the employer, in furtherance of their demands concerning wages, hours, and working conditions, provided such acts are not recognized as unlawful under the laws of Illinois or of the United States.
      (2)   "Lockout" means a refusal by an employer to permit his employees to work as a result of a dispute with such employees that affects wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment of such employees, provided however, that a lockout shall not include a termination of employment for reasons deemed proper under Illinois law and federal law.
      (3)   "Employer" means a person, firm or corporation who employs any employee to perform services for a wage or salary and includes any person, firm or corporation acting as an agent of any employer, directly or indirectly.
      (4)   "Employee" means any person who performs services for wages or salary under a contract of employment, express or implied, for an employer.
      (5)   "Strikebreaker" means any person who meets any of the following conditions:
         (a)   Has legal residence outside the metropolitan Chicago area and who comes into the City of Chicago specifically for employment during a strike or lockout by any employer involved in such a strike or lockout; or
         (b)   Has customarily and repeatedly offered himself for employment for the duration of a strike or lockout in the place of employees involved in a strike or lockout; or
         (c)   Has regularly and habitually earned a major portion of his livelihood by entering into employment where a strike or lockout exists to take the place of an employee whose work has ceased as a direct consequence of such strike or lockout.
(Prior code Ch. 198.7C § 1)