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From YouTube: Committee on Labor and Civil Service 11-20-2018
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The Committee on Labor and Civil Service of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at 12:00 PM to hear testimony on the following item:
180846 An Ordinance amending Section 17-1305 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Compensation Required to be Paid to Employees," to revise the compensation required to be provided in connection with application of the Philadelphia 21st Century Minimum Wage Standard; and amending Section 19-2604 of the Code, entitled "Tax Rates, Credits, and Alternative Tax Computation," to make the wage rates related to the tax credit for new job creation consistent with Section 17-1305; all under certain terms and conditions.
A
This
hearing
is
called
to
order.
This
is
a
public
hearing
of
the
City
Council
Committee
on
labor
and
civil
service.
The
purpose
of
this
public
hearing
is
to
hear
testimony
on
build
number
one:
eight,
zero,
eight
four
six
I
recognize
the
presence
of
a
quorum
of
the
committee
members,
members
of
the
committee
in
attendance,
our
vice
chair,
councilman,
Brian,
O'neill,
council
members,
Dom,
Jim
and
Squealer.
A
Do
any
of
you
and
I
would
ask
councilman
ask
Willa
who
is
the
lead
sponsor
of
this
bill?
That
was
also
offered
an
introduction
with
councilmember
Sanchez
Parker
Blackwell
bass,
Greenlee
henan,
Jim,
Jones
council,
president
Clark
councilmembers,
Johnson,
green
and
Reynolds
Brown.
If
he
has
any
comments,
thank.
B
Councilman
good
led
the
way,
the
way
on
living
wage
understanding.
If
we
as
a
city
need
to
move
the
needle
on
poverty,
we
have
to
start
paying
people
more
money
and
that's
the
most
important
thing
and
the
other
thing
as
a
city
of
Philadelphia.
As
we
work
with
the
administration
and
you're
gonna,
hear
read
deputy
mayor
labour
rich
laser
at
testify
later
on.
Working
together
with
the
administration
learning
to
lead
by
example,
and
I
see
a
lot
of
those
signs
up
here
and
it's
so
important
to
leading
by
example.
B
We
could
show
that
the
city
cares
about
the
people
of
this
city,
the
workers
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
the
contractors
or
subcontractors
and
knowing,
if
we
do
that
and
if
we
lead
others
will
follow
and
you'll
see.
Private
industry
start
to
follow,
along
and
and
knowing
that
our
people
of
our
city
deserve
a
living
wage.
And
this
again
is
just
a
start.
C
Gill,
thank
you
very
much.
Madam
chair
I
want
to
also
extend
my
gratitude
to
everyone
who
came
out
here
today
to
show
support
for
workers
and
for
city.
That
is,
that
needs
to
be
on
the
rise.
I
also
want
to
thank
my
colleague,
councilman
Scola,
and
certainly
my
personal
mentor
and
many
of
the
folks
in
this
audience
are
here
of
Wilson
good
jr..
C
Powers,
work
and
tireless
work
help
lead
us
to
today's
hearing
and
we
are
now
in
a
collaboration
as
a
whole
city
to
really
see
what
truly
it
looks
like
to
see
the
city
lift
people
out
of
poverty.
We
have
seen
cities
push
people
out
of
poverty,
push
them
out
of
our
cities,
push
them
out
of
our
centre
places,
but
not
here.
Here
we
are
trying
to
do
something
different.
C
C
A
city,
employment
and
it
has
been
a
real
pleasure
to
thank
power
for
becoming
an
active
organization
around
that
fight
as
well.
I
want
to
thank
our
administration
for
showing
leadership
in
committing
to
providing
a
living
wage
to
our
subcontractors
in
our
city
workers
and
for
committing
to
ensuring
and
supporting
a
Fair,
Work
Week
standards
for
the
service,
retail
and
hospitality
workers
all
across
the
city
and
I'm.
C
Looking
forward
to
December
6,
when
we
can
see
a
true
economic
dignity
message
come
before
City
Council,
delivered
and
carried
by
all
of
you
in
this
room,
but
sent
out
with
a
loud
call
to
every
single
member
of
our
city
and
all
across
the
country
that
this
is
a
nation
that
is
going
to
see
a
moral
calling
for
ending
poverty,
for
lifting
people
out
of
it
and
for
city,
council
and
municipality
that
will
be
on
the
cutting
edge
of
it.
Thank
you.
D
D
Think
it's
the
right
thing
to
do,
but
I
also
would
ask
our
list
of
witnesses
I,
don't
think
this
is
real
controversial
at
this
point
on
the
council
and
if
you
could
express
your
support
and
let
us
read
your
testimony,
I'd
like
to
be
around
for
the
final
vote
on
this
and
not
have
to
leave
my
vote,
because
it's
always
questionable
whether
that
vote
really
counts.
If
you
leave
it.
So
thank
you.
A
Thank
you
vice
chair
O'neill,
and
invite
Cheryl
new
I'm
telling
you
that's
what
comes
with
your
seniority.
You
know
how
to
deliver
that
message
diplomatically,
but
just
want
to
say
for
the
record.
You
heard
me
when
I
mentioned
councilman
Squealer
a
lead
sponsor
of
the
bill,
but
I
was
very
intentional
about
reading
the
number
of
sponsors
of
co-sponsors,
so
that
you
know
it
is
highly
likely
that
we
will
see
unanimous
passage
of
this
bill
from
committee
today.
A
E
Number
one:
eight
zero,
eight
four
six,
an
ordinance
amending
section,
17
1305
of
the
philadelphia
code
entitled
compensation
required
to
be
paid
to
employees,
to
revise
the
compensation
required
to
be
provided
in
connection
with
application
of
the
Philadelphia
21st
century
minimum
wage
standard
and
amending
section,
19,
20,
604
of
the
code
entitled
tax
rates
credits
and
alternative
tax
computation
to
make
the
wage
rates
related
to
the
tax
credit
for
new
job
creation,
consistent
with
section
17
1305,
all
under
certain
terms
and
conditions.
Thank.
A
A
F
F
The
question
of
where
Philadelphia
should
set
its
living
wage
is
part
of
a
larger
conversation
happening
across
America
about
what
exactly
a
minimum
wage
is
for
for
too
long,
the
federal
minimum
wage
and
the
minimum
wage
set
by
the
Commonwealth
of
Pennsylvania
has
set
people
across
our
country
up
for
failure
here
in
Philadelphia.
We
see
the
impacts
of
this
with
too
many
of
our
neighbors
working
hard
every
day
to
still
struggle
to
make
ends
meet
because
they
simply
can't
afford
to
pay
their
bills,
make
their
rent
and
raise
their
kids
on
725
an
hour.
F
This,
the
city
first
started
on
the
path
of
addressing
this
challenge
on
their
council
councilman
Goods
bill
in
2005.
When
council
passed
the
first
iteration
of
the
minimum
wage
and
benefits
standard,
the
ordinance
has
been
tweaked
and
amended
in
the
year
since,
but
today,
in
supporting
bill
number
one
808
for
six.
We
feel
that
we
are
continuing
on
the
path
toward
supporting
family,
sustaining
jobs
for
city
workers
and
city
contractors.
At
15,
our
hard-working
Philadelphia's
can
truly
begin
to
climb
out
of
poverty.
F
Beyond
the
reach
of
poverty,
the
administration
strongly
supports
this
bill
and
thanks
councilman
Squealer
chairwoman,
Parker
and
all
the
partners
in
the
advocacy
and
labor
community
I
just
want
to
give
a
shout
out
the
SEIU
unite
here
and
asked
me
and
specifically
power
that
has
really
championed
this
legislation.
Over
the
last
several
months.
F
B
You-
and
this
will
be
quick
because
then
we're
all
on
the
same
side
here.
So
it's
a
really
good.
It's
kind
of
fun
to
have
this
type
of
hearing,
but
I
do
want
it
then
I
do
want
to
personally
thank
you,
Manny
and
an
administration
for
putting
up
with
me
and
all
the
groups
with
the
constant
meetings
and
emails
back
and
forth,
and
knowing
that
by
working
together
and
communicating,
we
can
get
to
a
place
where
we
all
could
be
supportive
of
this
great
legislation
and
and
then
becoming
an
administrative.
B
Let
peace
of
legislation
to
be
put
forward
is
that
it's
a
true
sign
of
how
working
together
and
how
we
could
positively
move
the
needle
together
as
counsel
and
administration
work
together
on
this
and
a
girl,
quick
story
and
when
we
were
I
was
at
a
Flag
Day
celebration
about
two
years
ago
or
and
then
Kate
Esposito
came
up
to
me
and
said
that
you
know
we
want
to
do
$15
an
hour.
Would
you
support
that
I
said?
F
G
You,
madam
chairwoman,
and
good
afternoon,
I'm
in
favor
of
this
but
I
have
a
question.
One
opposed
to
your
challenge
that
when
I
look
at
the
numbers,
even
$15
an
hour
I
say
to
myself,
we
still
are
leaving
a
hundred
million
dollars
in
federal,
earned
income
tax
credits
on
the
table
in
Washington.
That
could
go
to
forty
thousand
Philadelphians
100
million
dollars
and
I
just
I'm.
Trying
to
think
is
there
any
way
that
we
can
require
or
recommend
I
mean
think
about
it?
G
This
way
single
parent,
44,000
of
income
to
kids
under
the
age
of
17
or
a
couple.
Fifty
one
thousand
of
income
to
kids
under
the
age
of
17
can
get
checks
from
the
federal
government
of
six
thousand
dollars
a
year
and
file
back
three
additional
years.
They
can
get
twenty
four
thousand
dollars.
We
left
one
hundred
million
dollars
that
was
taken
out
of
our
paychecks
in
federal,
withholding
and
sits
in
Washington
DC,
so
mic
challenge
for
you,
which
is
how
can
we
incorporate
some
way
of
getting
people
informed
right
on
this
ie
ITC?
G
A
There
any
other
questions
or
comments
from
members
of
the
committee
for
this
panel,
seeing
none
I
want
to
say.
Thank
you
all.
So
very
much
and
we've
constantly
heard
thank
the
administration
along
with
our
lead,
sponsor
here,
councilman
squalor,
you
go
downstairs
to
that
second
floor
and
you
tell
Mayor
Jim
Kenney
thank
you
for
leading
leading
from
the
front
on
this
issue,
not
the
administration
but
our
Mayor
Jim
Kenny.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
H
H
My
name
is
Mark
price
I'm,
a
labor
economist
at
the
Keystone
Research
Center,
based
in
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
opportunity
to
be
here.
Sorry,
it
took
so
long
get
up
here.
I
like
to
make
an
entrance
I
think
sometimes
Keystone
is,
is
a
think
tank
based
in
Harrisburg.
We
focus
on
economic
issues
throughout
the
Commonwealth,
in
particular
on
issues
of
wages
and
so
I.
Thank
the
council
for
taking
up
this
ordinance.
H
They
don't
have
access
to
the
food,
they
need
to
live
a
healthy
and
full
lifestyle
and
the
Economic
Policy
Institute
in
Washington
DC
has
put
together
and-
and
it's
in
my
testimony,
some
data
on
the
cost
of
living.
That's
specific
to
this
city
and
by
their
estimate,
a
single
adult
with
no
children
needs
around
two
thousand
seven
hundred
eighty
five
dollars
a
month
to
cover
rent
to
cover
healthcare,
transportation
necessities
and
taxes.
H
When
you
look
at
what
you
earn
at
fifteen
dollars
an
hour,
that's
an
income
on
a
monthly
basis
of
just
$2,600,
so
even
15
leaves
you
a
bit
sure
of
what
it
actually
costs
to
live
in
this
city
and
I.
Think
that's
a
very
important
thing
to
recognize
in
here.
I
would
also
know
that
when
you
express
the
federal
poverty
threshold
on
a
monthly
basis,
a
single
adult
to
be
officially
poor
has
to
earn
less
than
one
thousand
and
sixty
three
dollars
a
month.
H
If
you
have
one
child,
that's
one
thousand
four
hundred
and
eight
dollars
a
month,
so
those
are
very
conservative
thresholds
and
the
issue
of
people
not
being
able
to
make
their
ends
meet.
Isn't
just
about
those
of
in
your
community
that
are
officially
poor?
It
extends
well
up
in
the
income
distribution.
There
are
a
lot
of
people
who
are
working
and
simply
are
not
making
enough.
Now
you
also
have
the
wonderful
privilege
of
being
in
a
city
that
has
an
unemployment
rate
of
5.2
percent.
H
H
It's
growing
faster
than
the
state
of
Pennsylvania,
but
a
lot
of
that
growth
is
not
trickling
down
to
your
constituents
and
I.
Think
policies
like
you're
proposing
are
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
We
establish
minimum
wage
laws
to
correct
for
the
fact
that
low
wage
workers
lack
bargaining
power,
so
they
have
difficulty
negotiating
with
their
employer
for
a
livable
wage.
They
also
have
difficulty
gaining
access
to
higher
wages
as
the
economy
grows
and
profitability
grows.
So
it's
important
to
raise
the
minimum
wage
as
a
way
to
overcome
that
shortage
of
bargaining
power.
H
H
Now
you
fast-forward
to
today
the
minimum
wage
is
less
than
a
third
of
what
the
typical
worker
in
this
state
earns,
and
this
is
a
result
of
the
fact
that
over
time,
the
federal
government
and
Pennsylvania
they
have
not
raised
the
minimum
wage
as
often
as
they
should
have
so
we're
as
high
as
they
should
have,
and
that
has
reduced
purchasing
power
of
the
minimum
wage.
And
that's
not
just
hurt
those
that
are
right.
At
7:15,
it's
extended
to
really
the
bottom
20%
of
workers.
H
Now
there
is
a
proposal
in
General
Assembly
to
raise
the
minimum
wage
in
the
state
of
Pennsylvania
to
$15
an
hour
by
2024
that
would
lift
the
wages
for
just
over
250,000
workers
here
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
that's
about
almost
40%
of
your
resident
workforce.
So
again,
the
challenge
of
low
wages
is
a
widespread
problem.
H
While
we
wait
for
the
General
Assembly
to
take
action
on
raising
the
minimum
wage,
I
think
it's
perfectly
appropriate
for
the
city
of
Philadelphia
to
take
a
very
modest
step
of
raising
the
wage
floor
that
prevails
for
contractors
that
are
employed
for
workers
that
are
employed
by
your
contractors.
Providing
services
to
the
city,
these
ordinances
are
common
throughout
the
country
and
they're,
typically
known
as
living
wage
ordinances,
and
they
really
seek
to
make
the
public
sector
a
model
employer.
H
So
when
a
fair
day's
work
doesn't
provide
a
fair
day's
pay
that
leads
to
a
longer
line
at
the
local
food
bank
that
leads
to
a
longer
line
of
people
seeking
housing
assistance
and
so
Philadelphia
as
an
employer
of
Labor,
knows
probably
better
than
every
other
employer
in
this
city
the
consequences
of
low
wages,
because
it
comes
back
to
haunt
you
in
every
other
aspect
of
public
services,
so
it's
perfectly
appropriate
for
the
city
taken
step.
So
it's
establishing,
we
are
gonna,
be
a
good
employer.
H
G
Price
I,
just
wanna,
let
you
know
I'm,
probably
the
oldest
one
up
here
and
I-
remember
getting
paid
a
dollar
sixty
an
hour
when
I
was
I,
went
to
school,
went
to
wrestling
practice.
Seven
to
ten
o'clock
at
night.
I
was
a
janitor
in
an
office
building.
So
do
remember
that,
but
my
question
to
you
is:
if
the
issue
here
I
think,
is
that
if
minimum
wage
had
been
adjusted
from
the
beginning
to
the
rate
of
inflation,
what
would
that
number
be
today?
So.
G
H
H
Inflation
is
actually
a
it's
a
pretty
conservative
metric
for
for
raising
wages
so
yeah
it
gets
you
to
about
ten
if
you
adjusted
wages
for
productivity
growth
and
there's
a
there's,
a
sign
back
there
that
has
that
on
it,
the
minimum
wage
would
be
much
higher,
probably
in
the
range
of
sixteen
seventeen
dollars.
There's
that
sign
okay.
So
there
we
go
okay,.
G
H
My
preferred
metric
is
I
would
like
to
get
the
minimum
wage
back
to
about
half
so
when
you
are
earning
the
minimum
wage
back
there
in
1960
a
thank
you
for
that
admission.
That's
where
I'd
like
us
to
get
about
half
that
would
limit
the
growth
in
inequality
that
we've
seen
over
time
and
and
certainly
that's
the
goal
and.
H
Not
you
mean
in
terms
of
if
we
spent
if
we
had
higher
wages,
we
wouldn't
have
to
spend
as
much
on
housing.
Assistance
right,
I
have
not
seen
those
and
I
think
that's
driven
more
than
anything
by
the
fact
that
we
still
remain
stuck
in
a
in
a
period
where
minimum
wages
are
generally
pretty
low.
I
think
over
time,
as
you
see,
places
like
California
Washington
will
begin
to
see
more
of
that
sort
of
careful
work
done
to
illustrate
clearly
that
when
you're
raising
wages,
you
get
less
reliance
public
services.
Okay,.
C
Recognizes
castle
1
again
yeah.
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
I'll,
be
just
really
quick
mark.
Thank
you
so
much
for
all
the
work
that
you've
done,
particularly
on
your
research
around
the
state
of
working,
Philadelphia,
I,
think
that
was
extremely
powerful.
I
think
also
a
statistic
that
was
mentioned.
That
is
very
moving
to
a
lot
of
people.
C
Think
your
your
editorial
and
The
Enquirer
recently
that
talked
about
the
important
things
that
businesses
can
do,
which
is
not
only
and
cities,
can
do
not
only
just
in
raising
wages
but
providing
stable
schedules
to
be
smart
about
how
we
take
care
of
working
parents
and
families
and
Philadelphians
is
an
essential
component
towards
the
city's
overall
health.
Not
just
measured
in
you
know
purely
by
you
know
massive.
C
A
A
I
A
I
Right
I
got
you
all
right.
My
name
is
Michelle
Newman
I'm,
a
leader
in
unite
here
and
I
worked
in
Philadelphia
International
Airport.
My
story
starts
about
roughly
five
years
ago
when
I
lost
my
mother
to
open
opioid
addiction.
A
few
months
after
that
I
found
out
that
house
I
was
running,
was
being
sold
at
the
same
time,
I
found
that
I
was
expecting
another
child
I
had
nowhere
to
go
and
that
ended
up
an
emergency
shelter.
I
Every
I
went
to
OSHA
every
day,
just
to
be
turned
away.
To
be
told
that
the
city
was
full,
there
was
no
space
for
us.
Eventually,
I
got
a
spot
transitional
housing
just
in
time
to
give
birth
to
my
daughter,
I
started,
taking
classes
to
get
my
GED
I
also
took
us
serve
saved
classes
for
food
service
work,
I
got
a
job
at
the
airport,
and
I
had
now
been
working
there.
I
For
the
past
two
years,
I
have
two
children
living
with
me
and
one
adult
son
who
was
trying
to
make
it
on
his
own
I'm,
proud
to
say
that
I'm
standing
on
my
to
my
own
two
feet
but
I'd
be
lying.
If
I
said,
I
wasn't
a
struggle
each
week,
I
struggle
to
pay
bills
between
rent
childcare,
septa
gas,
electric
putting
food
on
the
table.
It's
simply
not
enough
to
get
by
it
doesn't
add
up
so
I
do
get
food
stamps
and
I
cut
back
where
I
can
working
at
these.
I
That
the
airport
has
been
a
really
positive
thing
for
me,
but
it's
not
enough
to
support
myself
and
my
two
children
I
make
$13
an
hour
because
my
co-workers
and
I
formed
a
union.
We
have
full-time
work,
but
the
two
ends
still
don't
meet.
The
airport
is
a
great
verse
resource
for
our
city.
It
brings
billions
of
dollars
into
our
economy,
but
when
it
comes
to
ending
poverty
of
Philadelphia,
there
is
no
shortcuts.
We
have
to
raise
wages.
I
applaud,
City
Council
for
the
actions
you
are
taking.
I
It
will
make
a
huge
difference
for
me
and
my
children
and
my
coworkers
one
day,
I
hope
to
be
able
to
take
my
family
on
a
trip
or
just
simply
take
them
somewhere
fun
and
get
a
car
I
want
to
provide
more
than
just
a
roof
over
their
heads.
That's
a
dream
that
we
are
fighting
for
at
the
airport
and
with
your
help,
we
are
asking
we
are
taking
one
step
closer
and
making
it
a
reality.
Thank
you.
E
Good
afternoon
members
of
City
Council,
my
name
is
Daisy
Cruz
and
the
director
of
the
mid-atlantic
district
for
a
CIU
32bj
32bj
represents
over
10,000
members
working
in
the
philadelphia
area
in
the
collar
counties,
including
the
subcontracted
workers
at
the
Philadelphia
Airport.
Thanks
to
the
hard
work
of
the
mayor
in
City,
Council
standing
with
airport
workers,
after
six
years
of
fighting
for
better
wages
and
a
union,
they
just
ratified
their
first
canter
the
first
contract
this
past
summer.
E
Philadelphia
has
the
largest
number
of
people
living
in
poverty,
that
than
any
other
large
city
in
the
United
States
and
does
not
need
more
low-wage
jobs
that
leave
then
leave
workers
in
poverty
needing
public
assistance
to
get
by.
Instead,
we
need
family,
sustaining
jobs
and
live
workers
out
of
poverty.
That
is
why
32bj
SEIU
is
supporting
increasing
the
21st
century
living
wage
to
$15
per
hour.
We
think
that
this
is
an
important
steps
towards
alleviating
poverty
in
our
neighborhoods.
E
Do
it
do
from
the
breadth
will
not
benefit
from
from
this
increase
due
to
the
language
in
the
lease
next
year's
lease
negotiations
will
determine
if
they
will
be
covered,
but
I
still
want
to
thank
Council
again
once
again
for
your
hard
work
in
supporting
workers
and
the
right
to
form
a
union
and
be
paid
a
living
wage.
Thank
you.
A
B
The
no
questions,
but
thank
you
both
for
testifying
in
them,
so
I
like
to
say
that
you're
a
role
model
for
a
lot
of
people
here
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
So
thank
you
what
you're
doing
and
continuing
to
do,
and
hopefully
we
can
continue
to
help
you
to
make
that
a
reality.
So
thank
you
so
much.
She.
I
G
You
can
get
checks
real
money
and
we'll
help
you
get
the
checks
I'm
saying
this,
because
if
anyone
else
has
children
under
the
age
of
17,
you
can
get
real
money
from
the
federal
government
and
file
back
three
additional
years.
So
we're
happy
to.
If
you
want
to
see
me
afterwards
or
whatever
we're
happy
to
help
you.
If
you
know
of
people
who
have
kids,
if
you
don't
have
kids
under
17,
you
get
a
check
of
$508
if
you're
making
its
from
7
to
quarter
to
22
dollars
an
hour.
G
If
you
have
children
and
you're
making
44,000
as
a
single
parent,
you
have
two
kids
under
17
or
51,000
as
a
couple.
You
can
get
checks,
I'm,
gonna,
repeat
this
of
up
to
$6,000
a
year
and
you
can
file
back
three
additional
years,
so
it
could
get
$24,000
okay.
So
whatever
we
can
do
to
get
you
the
money
we
want
to
do
that
so
I
mean
any
one
of
us
can
help
you.
The
Department
of
Revenue
can
help
you,
but
we
want
to
see
you
get
the
money.
C
Again,
thank
you
very
much
and
I
just
wanted
to
also
say
to
Michelle.
Thank
you
for
your
stories.
Your
stories
change
the
way
we
look
at
issues
and
how
we
think
about
things.
It
is
not
enough
to
do
and
solve
charity
through
or
solve
poverty
through
charity
or
small
programmatic
efforts.
It
matters
to
transform
the
way
we
think
about
things
and
you've
been
a
stalwart
supporter
through
a
whole
host
of
different
things.
It's
been
great
to
be
in
partnership
with
you
and
I'm.
Grateful
to
you.
C
I
know
that
your
children
are
grateful
for
you
fighting
for
them,
but
for
other
moms
all
across
the
city,
who
can't
be
here
today
to
testify
the
way
that
you
do
so
I
just
want
to
honor
you.
Thank
you
so
much
for
changing
the
way.
We
look
at
things
with
with
this,
and
you
know
this.
This
bill
is
the
least
that
we
can
do
and
there's
a
lot
more
that
we
can
do
together
to
thank
you.
A
Thank
you.
Let
me
just
let
me
just
before
you
go
Michelle
and
Daisy.
Let
me
just
state
this
for
the
record
Michelle,
while
you're,
giving
your
testimony
I'm
reminded
and
sometimes
I
think
we
forget,
and
if
you
saw
Councilwoman
Gibbon,
are
sort
of
doing
this,
whispering
better
back
and
forth.
People
forget
sometimes
that
not
everyone
starts
the
race
of
life
at
the
starting
line.
Some
people
start
at
the
200
yard
line
the
300
yard
line
and
I'm
really
telling
you
some
people
start
a
mile.
A
You
know
ahead
of
the
rest
of
us,
but
what
you
just
described
is
your
willingness
to
not
give
up
in
this
race
of
life
inside
of
you,
and
no
one
you
know
should
ever
be
able
to
tell
you
that
your
desire
to
take
your
kids
on
a
trip,
your
desire
to
have
a
car,
your
desire
to
give
them
access
to
an
opportunity
that
they
may
not
see
presently
in
front
of
them.
That's
what
we
need
you
to
do,
but
we
all
need
government
to
give
it
to
you.
A
We
need
you
to
have
access
to
the
opportunity
to
do
it,
so
you
can
do
it
for
yourself
with
dignity.
So
remember
that
Daisy
I
just
want
to
say
it's
nice
to
see
you
all.
There's
nice
to
see
you
all
here,
it's
nice
to
see
the
entire
team,
but
I'm
really
really
looking
forward
to
seeing
this
be
developed
into
a
regional
campaign
that
is
bipartisan.
A
That
is
not
just
in
urban
municipalities
but
I,
older,
suburban,
suburban
regions
that
are
also
areas
where
people
could
also
benefit
from
a
wage
increase
and
that
this
fight
is
taken
on
the
big
stage.
You
know
about
two
hours
away
from
here
that
place
called
Harrisburg,
because
that's
where
we
really
need
to.
J
My
name
is
Darrell
Lewis
and
I
work
at
Scott
chef
at
the
Philadelphia
Airport
I'm
24
years
old
and
I've
been
there
for
two
and
a
half
years,
I'm
a
warehouse
worker
which
means
I
pack
and
transport
packaged
goods.
My
duties
is
to
build
racks
of
food
and
beverages
for
the
airlines,
everything
from
mills
to
chips
to
sodas
to
forks
and
napkins
I
make
about
28
thousand
a
year.
It's
a
very
physical
job,
I've
seen
a
lot
of
people
come
and
go.
It's
back-breaking
work
and
some
people
find
that
it's
not
worth
it.
J
My
goal
is
just
to
be
comfortable.
I
want
to
pay
my
bills
and
have
money
left
over
I'm
trying
to
get
a
better.
A
house
I
live
with
my
mother
right
now,
I'm
trying
to
save
money
for
my
own
place
pretty
much
every
week,
I
have
to
dip
into
my
savings
to
pay
bills.
So
it's
hard
to
save
anything.
I
feel
lucky
that
I
don't
have
any
kids
I,
don't
know
how
could
I
even
support
a
family
on
this
job
I
can
barely
get
by
as
it
is
this
bill
to
increase
the
city.
J
Minimum
wage
is
going
to
help
a
lot
of
people
in
our
city.
We
need
it
and
I'm
also
fighting
for
safety.
We
have
busted
equipment,
it
seemed
like
the
company
doesn't
want
to
pay
for
it.
One
time
a
will
was
broken,
I
told
my
supervisor
Abadi,
but
the
company
didn't
do
anything
about
it.
A
few
days
later
that
same
will
broke
off
and
he
crushed
my
foot.
The
company
treat
us
like
we're
less
than
human
beings.
Some
people
are
immigrants
from
other
countries.
J
If
you
come
to
this
country
for
a
better
life,
it
shouldn't
matter
where
you
come
from
or
how?
Well
you
speak
English,
everyone
deserves
respect.
Everyone
deserves
safety
and
everyone
deserves
to
make
a
better
living.
I
want
to
thank
the
City
Council
for
looking
out
to
sky
SEF
workers.
We
just
went.
We
just
went
through
a
fight
to
get
included
in
the
minimum
wage
for
the
airport
sky
chef
wanted
to
be
carved
out,
so
they
could
pay
less
than
$8
an
hour
with
city
council
stepped
up
and
now
we're
treated
like
any
other
airport
workers.
J
K
My
name
is
Reverend
Gregory
Holston
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
power
power
is
sixty
five-plus
now
moving
at
about
a
hundred
congregations
across
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
the
surrounding
counties
now
moving
out
to
Lancaster,
York,
Lebanon
and
dolphin
counties
and
the
Lehigh
Valley
area
and
we're
building
communities
of
opportunity
that
work
for
all
all
across
the
state.
Race
faith
is
the
foundation
of
everything
we
do
and
race
is
the
lens
in
which
we
look
at
every
issue.
K
We
are
thankful
for
this
this
bill
and
we
want
to
thank
those
who
are
part
of
our
economic
dignity
team.
Are
our
leaders
on
the
team,
Kate
Esposito
leaders
on
the
team,
Terry
Bergeon,
our
leaders
on
the
team,
Kyle
Duncan,
our
leaders
on
the
team,
Paula
Paul,
who
have
been
fighting
this
fight
for
about
four
years
about
four
years.
K
Race,
again
is
the
is
the
lens
in
which
we
look
at
every
issue,
and
we
recognize
that
that
50%
of
all
African
Americans
make
less
than
$15
an
hour
and
60
percent
of
all
Latinos.
So
the
the
issue
is
a
racial
justice
issue.
It's
not
just
simply
an
economic
justice
issue,
and
not
simply
just
a
fairness
issue
is
an
issue
that
the
the
that
affects
and
creates
racial
discrimination.
K
It
means,
when
you
lead
by
example,
that
you're
standing
up
for
racial
justice
that
you're
standing
up
for
racial
equality,
that
you
stand
up
for
racial
equity
across
the
board
in
every
area
of
life
and
we're
so
thankful
for
today,
I
believe
the
day
for
those
who
are
co-sponsoring.
This
bill
are
taking
that
step
forward
to
stand
up
for
workers,
black
and
brown
workers
all
across
this
city.
K
I
will
also
just
say
to
you
as
a
pastor,
there's
many
times
that
I've
had
congregants
come
come
and
I
hadn't
seen
him
for
a
month
for
two
months
and
I
would
ask
them
where
how
you
doing
what's
going
on,
I
haven't
seen
you
and
the
response
has
always
been
almost
all
the
time.
This
past
I
worked
two
or
three
jobs.
I
can't
get
here
on
Sunday
I
love
to
be
here
with
my
kids
and
and
I
enjoy
the
service.
But
this
is
the
only
day
off.
K
I've
had
in
two
months
and
outside
to
come
to
church
that
so
many
are
working
extra
jobs
and
are
getting
paid
7:25
on
those
extra
jobs
and
still
not
making
ends
meet.
Franklin
Delano
Roosevelt
probably
said
it
best
that,
even
as
he
talked
about
the
same
issue
some
seventy
years
ago,
when
he,
when
he
recognized
it
and
said
that
no
company,
no
business
that
depends
on
workers
who
are
living
in
poverty,
to
succeed
if
they're,
depending
on
those
workers
to
to
make
their
business
successful
their
businesses
that
don't
deserve
to
exist.
K
We're
glad
the
city
of
Philadelphia
to
step
it
up
to
say
that
we
deserve
to
exist,
because
we're
gonna
make
sure
that
all
of
our
workers
are
making
at
least
$15
an
hour
and
are
not
living
in
poverty.
We
thank
you
today
as
we
go
forward
on
this
issue,
but
you
know
as
well
as
I
do
with
a
town
that
has
26
percent
poverty
rate
and
14
percent
of
the
people
living
in
deep
poverty.
We
have
so
much
more
to
do.
K
A
C
You
very
much
madam
chair
Durrell
I,
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
again
for
being
here
and
all
the
spaces
in
which
you
and
your
brothers
and
sisters
like
unite
and
especially
at
Sky
chef,
have
raised
attention
again.
It's
about
telling
your
stories
reminding
us
that
some
of
the
biggest
corporations
in
the
world
can
afford
to
give
their
folks
a
living
wage
can
afford
to
give
them
a
stable
schedule.
C
You've
been
able
to
stand
with
us,
not
because
the
campaign
is
winnable
and
easy,
but
because,
most
importantly,
it's
the
right
thing
to
do,
especially
when
it's
hard,
especially
when
people
are
struggling
and
if
we're
not
there
for
each
other
and
the
times
and
places
in
which
we
have
to
build
out.
You
know
the
tough
work
ahead,
not
just
because
it's
in
it
for
each
one
of
us,
but
because
we're
committed
to
that
broader
anti-poverty
agenda.
We're
not
gonna
win.
C
So
I
really
want
to
thank
all
of
you
and
your
brothers
and
sisters
at
unite
for
being
just
soured
on
this
issue,
soured
on
that
Fair,
Work
Week,
you
know
and
and
telling
your
story
and
having
us
be
heard,
and
the
city
should
not
be
subsidizing
poverty
wages.
We
shouldn't
be
doing
it
in
our
city,
at
the
airport
or
at
the
School
District
either.
So
we're
looking
forward
to
winning
that
with
you.
L
L
Here
too
often
when
we
look
at
television
on
a
daily
basis
and
look
at
the
evening
news,
we
see
negative
views
of
young
men,
especially
young
men
of
color,
and
in
fact,
when
you
talk
about
you're,
trying
to
save
for
home
living
living
with
your
mother
and
trying
to
save
the
doll
you
need
to
buy
your
own
home
and
being
a
leader
in
unites
here
and
also
being
a
leader
in
your
own
right.
I.
L
So
I
just
want
you
to
realize
the
shoes
you
walk
in
when
I
think
about
people
like
an
echo,
Cole
or
Robert
Walker
who
lost
their
lives
because
of
the
Memphis
sanitation
strike,
so
the
stuff
that
you're
doing
every
day
and
something
that's
very
important.
So
your
Testament,
it
really
touched
me
based
on
the
fact
that
you're
doing
what
you
need
to
do
to
show
you
you're
in
leadership
for
young
men
in
your
community.
So
thank
you.
A
B
You
Thank
You,
chairman
and
Darryl
I
would
I
would
like
to
second
with
Councilman
green
said,
because
it
is
important
to
hear
that
and
from
the
people
who
are
in
they're
not
just
complaining
about
something
but
doing
something,
and
that's
the
key
that
we
have
here
and
also
Reverend
Holston.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership
and
powers.
Leadership
on
this.
They
wouldn't
take
no
for
an
answer,
continue
to
go
out
and
and
work
on
things
to
make
sure
this
came
to
be,
and
we
really
appreciate
that
effort
that
your
team
has
put
together.
B
A
You
now,
if
there's
any
Darrell,
if
there's
anything
that
we
wants
you
to
leave
here
with
today,
it's
the
power
of
authenticity
and
that
no
one
else
has
the
ability
to
speak
for
you
better
than
you.
So
it's
nice
when
people
impact
it
get
to
tell
their
story,
and
it's
not
through
the
lens
of
someone
who
hasn't
walked
in
your
shoes.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
J
A
There
any
other
questions
or
comments
from
members
of
the
committee
is
there
anyone
else
here
in
the
audience
to
testify
on
this
bill?
Well,
this
is
going
to
conclude
the
hearing.
We
will
now
go
into
the
public
meeting
to
consider
action
to
be
taken
on
a
bill
that
was
heard
today.
We
are
now
and
officially
in
the
public
meeting
emotions
for
bill
number,
one:
eight,
zero,
eight
four
six,
the
chair
recognizes
councilman
Squealer
for
emotion
on
bill
number,
one:
eight,
zero,
eight,
four,
six
thank.
B
A
Has
been
moved
and
properly
seconded
that
bill
number
one:
eight
zero,
eight
four
six
be
reported
from
this
committee
with
a
favorable
recommendation
and
further
move
that
the
rules
of
council
be
suspended
to
permit
first
reading
of
this
bill
at
the
next
section
of
council.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
was
signify
by
saying
aye.
Those
opposed
give.
B
A
A
proposed
amendment,
it
should
be
in
front
of
us,
proposed
amendments,
a
bill
number
one:
eight,
zero,
eight,
four
six.
It
has
been
circulated
to
all
members
of
the
committee,
so
the
chair
will
recognize
councilmember
swiller
for
an
amendment
to
build
number
one,
eight,
zero,
eight,
four
six.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
A
B
A
It
has
been
moved
and
properly
seconded
that
bill
number
one:
eight
zero,
eight
four
six
as
amended,
be
reported
from
this
committee
with
a
favorable
recommendation
and
further
move
that
the
rules
of
council
be
suspended
to
permit
first
reading
of
this
bill
of
the
next
session
of
council.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
will
signify
by
saying
aye
those
opposed
the
eyes
have
it
and
emotion
carries
and
bill
number
one.
Eight
zero.
A
Eight
four
six
as
amended,
will
be
reported
from
this
committee
with
a
favorable
recommendation,
with
the
request
that
the
rules
of
council
be
suspended
to
permit
first
reading
at
the
next
session
of
council.
This
concludes
the
business
of
the
Committee
on
labor
and
civil
service.
We
thank
you
all
and
congratulations.