Official:Amending Section 17-107 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contractors: Labor-Management Relationships," by requiring a certain number of apprentices and journeymen on every City-work contract, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke
Introduced: April 3, 2003
: 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 requires contractors working on city projects to hire a certain number of apprentices and journeymen, with specific wage and benefits requirements.
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