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From the hearing of the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Law and Government held Tuesday, October 30, 2018:
Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr. (4th District) explains his support for the work scheduling legislation.
Read the bill: http://bit.ly/2EZ7Asn
A
First
of
all,
let
me
give
a
lot
of
credit
and
applause
to
the
offerors
legislation
for
putting
this
forward
so
that
we
can
begin
the
dialogue.
Let
me
also
thank
the
business
community
for
being
willing
to
sit
down
with
you
and
negotiate
a
lot
of
the
key
points
and
I'm
I
know
we
kind
of
get
stuck
on
certain
points,
but
we
are
close
to
the
creditor,
the
Business
Committee
to
the
credit
of
members
of
council
and
the
author
of
this
bill.
A
We
have
negotiated
our
way
to
close,
but
I
hear
some
of
the
same
arguments
that
we
heard
when
we
were
talking
about
paid
sick
leave
and
how,
if
this
bill
passes,
the
sky
is
going
to
fall,
businesses
are
going
to
close
and
the
world.
As
we
know
it
is
going
to
shift
off
this
axis
and
spiral
out
of
control.
I
remember
when
we
talked
about
a
living
wage
bill
for
the
airport
and
I
see
some
of
the
faces
that
were
out
there.
A
Fighting
for
that
and
I
was
told
that
planes
would
stop
flying
that
the
airport
would
close
and
that
life,
as
we
know
it,
would
change
forever.
I
want
us
to
stop
using
the
politics
of
the
drastic
and
come
together
like
we're
doing
on
the
politics
of
the
sensible
and
things
that
we
can
agree
on.
I
want
you
to
know
that
I've
been
to
Seattle
when
we
were
talking
about
the
Amazon
thing.
We
had
that
conversation
about
why
I
was
a
little
reluctant
about
signing
that
letter
and
the
reason
was
when
I
met
with
hotel
workers.
A
A
A
Spent
most
of
my
life
financing
and
most
small
business.
If
you
know
me,
that's
my
lineage,
but
we
cannot
not
keep
pace
with
the
realities
of
what
it
costs
to
live
in
this
city
and
push
our
workforce
further
and
further
out
to
have
the
highest
number
of
sheriff
sales
sheriff,
says
and
evictions
for
renters
and
not
adjust
the
dial
a
little
bit
in
this
way.
So
for
me-
and
you
know,
I
have
to
leave
early
I'm
gonna
get
an
opportunity
to
be
the
first
one
to
vote
on
this
bill.