Official:Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions" by adding a new Section 9-2400 entitled "Prohibition on Using City Funds for Anti-Unionization Practices", by restricting any employer whom receives City funds from directly using those funds in whole or in part to discourage unionization by that employer's employees or any other employees, and by requiring any recipient of City funds to account for the City funds designated by the City for use, and by allowing a labor organization or collective bargaining representative to file a complaint w
Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke
Introduced: December 14, 2000
: Committee on Labor and Civil Service
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2000–2003 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill prohibits city-funded employers from using public funds to discourage unionization and requires them to keep accurate records of their expenditures.
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