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: March 25, 2004
: Committee on Labor and Civil Service
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2004–2007 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.
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This bill requires contractors working on City of Philadelphia projects to hire a certain number of apprentices and journeymen, with specific wage and benefit requirements.
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