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Philadelphia workers unions sue mayor over return-to-office mandate
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/philadelphia-workers-unions-sue-mayor-over-return-to-office-mandate-2024-07-02/Philadelphia workers unions sue mayor over return-to-office mandate
By Reuters
July 3, 2024 4:22 AM EDT Updated 2 hours ago
July 2 (Reuters) - Labor unions representing thousands of workers for the city of Philadelphia are suing Mayor Cherelle Parker over her effort to order municipal employees to return to offices five days a week starting this month without bargaining.
District Council 47 of The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees represents more than 3,000 unionized workers for the city, who negotiated remote-work arrangements beginning in 2020 in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In May, Parker, a Democrat, told all city workers that hybrid-work arrangements were coming to an end and they must all work in offices or on work-sites full time, beginning July 15.
District Council 47, which represents several local unions that sued Parker on Monday in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, said the mayor's office has refused to negotiate over the change in work arrangements and is violating labor law and existing collective bargaining agreements, which the city denies.
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By Reuters
July 3, 2024 4:22 AM EDT Updated 2 hours ago
July 2 (Reuters) - Labor unions representing thousands of workers for the city of Philadelphia are suing Mayor Cherelle Parker over her effort to order municipal employees to return to offices five days a week starting this month without bargaining.
District Council 47 of The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees represents more than 3,000 unionized workers for the city, who negotiated remote-work arrangements beginning in 2020 in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In May, Parker, a Democrat, told all city workers that hybrid-work arrangements were coming to an end and they must all work in offices or on work-sites full time, beginning July 15.
District Council 47, which represents several local unions that sued Parker on Monday in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, said the mayor's office has refused to negotiate over the change in work arrangements and is violating labor law and existing collective bargaining agreements, which the city denies.
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