Official:Amending an Ordinance approved September 16, 1999, (Ordinance No. 990221-A), which revised the prevailing wage ordinance by extending the prevailing wage requirements to include all building and construction work contracts with City Agencies and City-related Agencies, and extended the prevailing wage requirements to building or construction work contracts on which City, City Agency and City-related Agency funds are allocated or spent, by revising the prevailing wage ordinance by increasing from thirty percent (30%) to sixty percent (60%) of the median income of Philadelphia Standard Metropolit
Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke
Introduced: May 11, 2000
Signed: June 22, 2000
: Committee on Labor and Civil Service
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill amends a previous ordinance to require unions performing City Work to recruit apprentices from low-income neighborhoods and maintain annual recruitment targets. The new requirement increases the target income threshold for recruitment from 30% to 60% of the median income in Philadelphia.
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