City of Philadelphia - File #: 110160

• File #: 110160
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 3/3/2011
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 3/10/2011
• Title: Designating March 10, 2011 as "Public Service Workers Day in Philadelphia."
• Sponsors: Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Sanchez, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Kelly

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/10/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
3/3/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass

Title
Designating March 10, 2011 as "Public Service Workers Day in Philadelphia."
Body
WHEREAS, Americans are served every day by public service workers at the federal, state, county and city levels; and

WHEREAS, Philadelphia has a long and proud history of offering collecting bargaining rights to its employees; and

WHEREAS, In 1938, 3,000 Philadelphia municipal workers launched a strike protecting wage cuts, and layoffs, among the first in a major city and; after eight (8) days of collective bargaining, an agreement was reached leading to the formation of AFSCME District Council 33; and

WHEREAS, Middle-class, Wisconsin public service employees are being unfairly targeted by its Governor to make concessions in their pay and benefits to fill the hole in the state budget to make up for tax cuts and reduced audits to corporations in Wisconsin; and

WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia supports fair, living wages and the preservation of the collective bargaining rights of public service employees not only in Philadelphia and across Pennsylvania but in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, New Hampshire and the rest of the United States; and

WHEREAS, Unions such as District Council 33, District Council 47, Firefighters Local 22, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge Number 5, and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers provide a wide variety of services to its citizens, including police and fire protection, emergency response, trash and recycling collection, snow removal, code enforcement, youth and senior programs, recreation programs, museum and cultural programs, park maintenance, planning and engineering and more; and

WHEREAS, The employees who provide these direct services to Philadelphians are supported by additional public service workers such as administrative support personnel, custodians, clerks, accountants, cashiers, payroll clerks and human resource personnel; and

WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia sincerely appreciates the contributions of its publi...