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 public works contract and further requiring that such apprentices be selected from a City apprenticeship identification program; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke
Introduced: November 17, 2005
: 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 public works projects to hire apprentices and journeymen, with a specific ratio of one apprentice for every three journeymen. The apprentices must be selected from a City program that identifies available and qualified apprentices.
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