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  • In the 1970s and '80s, court-backed agreements called the Shakman decrees made it illegal to hire and fire city employees for political reasons.

    Chicago Mayor Race May Be A Street Fight AP 2010

  • In the 1970s and '80s, court-backed agreements called the Shakman decrees made it illegal to hire and fire city employees for political reasons.

    Chicago Mayor Race May Be A Street Fight AP 2010

  • In the 1970s and '80s, court-backed agreements called the Shakman decrees made it illegal to hire and fire city employees for political reasons.

    Chicago Mayor Race May Be A Street Fight AP 2010

  • County Building - long ago comply with the so-called Shakman decrees that limit the influence of politics in hirings and promotions?

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • The story of Sanchez and DelValle was well-known just months ago, when in March 2009 they were convicted of fraud in an alleged scheme to run a "shadow" patronage hiring system that prosecutors said violated city code and court orders known as the Shakman decree that ban political considerations in city hiring.

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

  • County Building - long ago comply with the so-called Shakman decrees that limit the influence of politics in hirings and promotions?

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • The story of Sanchez and DelValle was well-known just months ago, when in March 2009 they were convicted of fraud in an alleged scheme to run a "shadow" patronage hiring system that prosecutors said violated city code and court orders known as the Shakman decree that ban political considerations in city hiring.

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

  • A landmark lawsuit he filed 41 years ago led to the federal court order called the Shakman decree banning political patronage.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • County Building - long ago comply with the so-called Shakman decrees that limit the influence of politics in hirings and promotions?

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • The so-called Shakman Decree bars patronage as the basis for city jobs but critics of City Hall say it has been all but ignored for decades.

    unknown title 2009

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