§ 197 Employment Contracts
   Every contract for public work entered into by the City of Cleveland shall contain, and no contract shall be entered into unless it contains the following stipulations: The contractor hereby agrees that all persons employed by him shall be paid wages which are not less than are paid by the City of Cleveland for similar or like work; but if said City has not established a rate of wages for any particular class of work to be performed under the terms of this contract, then said employees shall be paid wages not less than are generally paid therefor by others employing union labor in said City.
   The contractor hereby further agrees that in the employment of labor, skilled or unskilled, under the contract there shall be no discrimination exercised against any citizen because of race, color, religion or national origin; and that any violation hereof shall be deemed a material breach of said contract.
(Effective November 7, 1989)