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Press Conference held Thursday, June 14, 2018:
Councilmember Helen Gym (At large) led a press conference announcing the introduction of a Fair Work Week Bill. Co-sponsors include Councilman Bill Greenlee, Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, and Councilwoman Maria D. Quiñones-Sánchez.
Retail, food service, hospitality, service workers and community activists joined the council members for the press conference.
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C
And
most
of
all
today,
I
want
to
announce
that
the
thing
I'm
most
proud
about
is
that
we
have
six
sponsors
to
a
massive
piece
of
legislation
that
worked
we're
going
to
be
introducing
today
and
Philadelphia
City
Council.
So,
let's
hear
for
our
sponsors,
Marikina
sanchez
marks
puella
Phil
Greenlee,
Bobby,
Heenan
and
Curt
Jones
and
Jamie
black
Wow.
C
So
today
is
a
long
time
coming.
It
started
with
workers
stories,
and
it's
ending
here-
it's
starting
again
here
today
in
City
Council,
with
legislation
that
will
benefit
almost
a
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
part-time
hourly.
Workers
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
today
is
about
ending
the
lip
service
around
poverty
and
taking
actions
that
cities
and
municipalities
can
do
that.
Support.
The
people
who
elected
us
to
office
today
is
about
refusing
to
look
the
other
way
when
we
see
our
neighbors
struggling
and
being
exploited
by
some
of
the
largest
corporations
in
the
world.
C
Those
who
get
some
of
the
benefits
from
the
biggest
tax
cut
a
trillion
and
a
half
dollars
in
American
history,
but
today
it's
about
you,
the
workers
for
all
the
workers
who
are
trying
to
support
yourselves
and
your
families.
This
day
is
about
you.
We
believe
you
are
owed
two
weeks
notice
on
your
schedules.
C
We
reject
the
idea
that
you
are
just
not
working
hard
enough
and
we
reject
the
notion
that
millions
should
be
made
from
your
labor
while
you
struggle
with
bus,
fare,
child
care
and
food
on
the
table
and
as
pastor
Billy
Thompson
said
at
our
hearing,
time's
up,
so
we're
tired
of
waiting
on
benevolence
and
goodwill,
we're
tired
of
waiting
for
promises
that
never
seem
to
happen
from
those
who
are
most
able
to
give.
We
are
tired
of
waiting
for
the
state
and
federal
government
to
to
recognize
our
humanity
and
recognize
common-sense
business
practices.
C
This
bill
is
about
standards
and
dignity.
It's
about
bringing
Philadelphia
in
line
with
fifteen
other
jurisdictions
around
the
country
who
have
stood
up
for
workers
and
with
this
bill
in
hand
I'm.
Looking
forward
to
working
with
my
colleagues
on
City
Council
and
with
anyone
committed
to
economic
justice
in
Philadelphia
to
advance
our
goal
of
reducing
poverty
in
our
city.
Today,
my
door
is
always
open
to
community
members
and
businesses
who
are
willing
to
be
a
part
of
the
solution.
C
This
will
be
a
process
in
City
Council
that
I'm
proud
to
participate
in
with
my
colleagues,
I
especially
want
to
think
that
the
co-sponsors
of
the
bill
who
I'll
just
bring
up
and
have
say
a
few
words
right
away
and
we'll
start
with
Councilwoman
Marie,
quinones
Sanchez,
then
councilman,
Greenlee
and
so
on.
Good
morning.
A
We
knew
that
when
we
fight
we
win,
and
so
this
is
about
hard-working
people
deserving
some
dignity
and
some
respect
as
a
former
retail
worker
who
was
in
college
and
a
single
mother,
the
thought
of
you
having
to
decide
whether
you
go
to
work
and
leave
your
sick
child
with
someone
or
whether
you
go
to
work
and
take
care
of
your
mother
and
that
you
have
to
worry
about
that
retaliation
in
the
next
few
weeks
about
whether
you
get
10
hours
or
20
hours.
Those
days
are
gone.
D
Good
morning,
first
I
just
want
to
Quebec
and
Councilwoman,
given
for
her
strong
leadership
on
this
issue.
I
know
with
other
issues.
I've
been
involved
with
it's
not
easy,
but
she
has
been
right
up
there
and
she's
done
it.
The
right
way
by
meeting
with
people
trying
to
get
this
as
fair
as
possible,
and
that's
the
key
word
here
folks,
fair,
we're
just
looking
for
fairness
and
I
think
that's
one
of
the
biggest
roles
of
government.
D
It's
to
try
to
make
people
make
sure
that
people
are
treated
fairly,
and
you
know
we're
gonna
hear
as
we
hear
on
many
other
issues.
This
is
an
anti-business
legislation.
No,
it's
not
because
when
you
pro-worker
you're
pro-business,
because
when
workers
when
workers
are
treated
fairly,
they
produce
and
that's
good
for
business
and
and
instead
of
having
to
us
in
them
how
about
it?
All
of
us
all
of
us
working
together
and
that's
what
we're
going
to
do
on
this
bill
and
we're
going
to
get
it
passed.
We're
going
to
get
it
done
and
again.
D
E
Good
morning,
everyone,
my
name-
is
symphony
I'm,
a
Philadelphia
native
currently
residing
in
the
Overbrook
section
mom's,
four-year-old
Alaina,
and
a
member
of
one
PA
for
the
past
six
years,
I've
worked
different
retail
and
food
service
shops.
The
last
two
years
I've
worked
at
different
Starbucks
locations
and
wants
to
share
what
it's
like
to
be
working
mom
in
this
industry.
The
biggest
thing
I
worried
about
is
getting
enough
hours
in
the
past.
E
When
I
worked
at
Macy's,
whenever
I
would
get
less
than
35
hours,
I
would
have
to
go,
searching
to
pick
up
shifts
or
begging
managers
for
more
hours.
I
was
tired
from
the
shifts
I
did
work,
but
I
had
to
accept
anything
that
became
available
even
double
shifts
because
I
needed
the
money.
I
never
knew
when
the
extra
shifts
will
come,
but
I
had
to
plan
my
life
around
these
what-if
days.
E
It
was
so
stressful
figuring
out
whether
to
put
my
daughter
in
daycare
for
the
I
wasn't
scheduled,
but
hoped
I
could
pick
up
then,
where
to
find
the
money
for
that.
My
hours
were
so
low
I
worried
about
even
getting
the
twenty
hours
necessary
to
cover
CCI.
Yes,
while
I
worked
at
Macy's,
I
am
one
of
the
73%
of
Philadelphia
workers
in
this
sector,
whose
family
experiences
chronic
stress
from
a
result
of
my
work
schedule,
other
than
working
I
couldn't
live.
E
I
had
no
time
to
go
to
the
doctor,
because
I
was
always
trying
to
pick
up
more
shifts
to
pay
bills.
If
I
didn't
have
enough
money
for
childcare
on
a
certain
day,
I
couldn't
go
to
work,
which
obviously
made
the
problem.
Worse.
I
even
tried
to
withhold
the
information
that
I'm
a
parent
and
job
interviews.
E
Thanks
to
our
contract,
I
now
consistently
get
40
hours.
They
don't
cut
my
hours
as
a
punishment
for
not
being
available
at
specific
times.
It
feels
normal.
It
feels
natural,
but
even
though
this
is
supposed
to
be
normal,
getting
regular
hours
of
solid
pay.
I've
never
had
this
before
my
body
has
to
adjust
from
the
constant
scrambling
and
then
regularity,
I've
experienced
for
so
long
for
the
first
time.
I
don't
feel
so
stressed
out
about
bills.
I
know
that
I
can
pay.
My
bills
in
car,
fare,
I
can
buy,
groceries
and
I
can
buy
clothes.
E
For
my
daughter
and
me
when
my
food
seems
for
now,
I
don't
have
to
worry
about
being
hungry.
I
have
money
from
my
paycheck
to
go
to
the
supermarket.
Every
worker
should
get
this
level
of
humanity,
but
not
every
worker
has
a
union
contract
and
I
know
our
contract
at
the
airport
took
years
to
fight
for
and
win
city
council.
Introducing
fair
workweek
legislation
today
is
a
huge
step
toward
fairness,
stability
and
equity
for
all
workers.
E
F
Black
clergy
of
Philadelphia
enthusiastically
supports
the
Fair
Work
Week
legislation,
because
we
as
pastors,
we
have
to
walk
with
people
and
experience
the
experience
that
they're
having
within
our
congregations.
We
have
first-hand
knowledge
of
what
people
are
going
through
and
what
they
struggle
with.
My
church
supports
a
neighborhood,
school
and
I
have
a
principal
and
an
assistant
principal
in
my
congregation
and
nothing's,
more
painful
than
seeing
struggling
students.
F
Parents
not
come
for
parent-teacher
conferences
and
a
lot
of
times
it's
not
because
they
don't
want
to,
but
it's
because
they
can't
predict
their
work
schedule
enough
to
be
able
to
get
the
time
allocated.
So
how
are
we
going
to
increase
the
employability
of
the
next
generation?
If
we
don't
provide
this
generation
of
workers
with
the
stability
they
need
to
create
healthy
home
environments,.
F
F
And
what
we're
trying
to
get
you
to
see
here
is
that
there
are
solutions
that
work
to
this
problem.
There
are
cities
across
the
country
that
have
already
taken
on
the
challenge
of
giving
workers
the
basic
dignity
to
know
when
and
how
much
money
they
will
be
making
lawmakers
across
the
country
have
done.
This
have
done
this
already,
it's
already
working.
Why
shouldn't
it
work
in
Philadelphia.
F
C
G
Good
morning
everybody,
my
name
is
David
Smith
I'm,
a
lifelong
Philadelphia,
originally
from
West
Philly,
a
father
grandfather
and
recently
a
target
employee
when
I
started
at
Target
four
years
ago.
My
team,
do
you
promise
me
40
hours
a
week,
she
said
I
would
have
never
done
that
have
less
than
32
hours
and
for
a
while
that
was
true.
I
got
consistent
hours
and
weekends
off
when
I
had
my
daughter
with
me,
but
in
January
my
hours
started
to
fall.
G
Suddenly
I
was
getting
an
average
of
24
hours
and
32
hours
per
week
and
that
range
could
be
as
wide
as
40
hours.
One
week
at
16
hours,
the
next
week
checking
my
schedule.
Each
week
became
stressful,
a
stress
reversal
now,
not
knowing
what
I
could
find
when
I
would
look
there,
when
I
will
check
the
schedule
and
see
how
low
my
hours
were.
G
When
I
approach
management,
they
will
tell
me
they
have
no
more
hours
while
new
and
if
ever
I'm,
sorry
so
fair
were
fair.
Workweek
legislation
would
mean
less
stress
and
the
ability
to
take
care
of
myself
and
my
family,
knowing
I
could
get
40
hours
with
me
that
I
know
I'm,
secure,
secure
and
stress
stress-free
about
whether
I
can
leave
keep
a
roof
over
my
head
and
to
company,
and
no
company
should
get
to
use
ours
as
a
way
to
retaliate
against
employee
that
stands
up
for
themselves.
G
It's
never
flexible
for
the
worker
and
retail
workers
have
different
issues
that
outside
of
work
and
consistent
predictive
in
the
a
consistent
predictable
schedule
will
tell
will
tell
them
take
care
of
their
issues
while
still
fulfilling
their
work
responsibilities.
We're
so
excited
that
City
Council
has
taken
the
story
step
by
introduced
a
Fair,
Work
Week
legislation
today
and
we'll
be
here
fighting
until
the
day.
It
is
passed
and
implemented
and
every
store
in
our
city.
C
H
Good
morning
my
name
is
Emily
and
betch
I
work
at
the
Marriott
I'm,
actually
replacing
another
speaker
who
was
supposed
to
be
here
from
the
Marriott
this
morning
who
couldn't
make
it
because
his
wife
was
called
in
to
work
on
short
notice
and
he
had
to
stay
home,
which
is
just
what
we're
talking
about
here.
So
I'm
a
little
less
prepared
than
some
of
the
other
speakers
who
have
spoken
already.
I
would
just
like
to
say
the
Marriott.
H
You
know
hires
you
as
a
full-time
employee,
but
what
that
really
means
is
when
they're
slow
through
the
winter
months.
Your
days
can
go
down
to
two
days
a
week,
and
you
know
they're
advertising
that
these
are
full-time
jobs
and
representing
their
employment
roster
to
other
people.
That
way
what
you
know
how
it
affected
me
most
deeply.
Of
course,
the
winter
is
when
you
have
the
most
significant
bills
in
terms
of
heating
bills
and
Christmas,
and
whatever
else
in
addition
to
that,
I
have
two
children
in
college.
H
I
went
ahead
and
made
the
choice
to
make
a
lump
sum
payment
and
save
myself
the
interest,
instead
of
joining
a
payment
plan
for
tuition
having
had
full
employment
from
when
I
got
hired
at
Easter
through
Christmas
only
to
have
the
next
week
scheduled
go
up
three
days
after
I'd
made
the
payment
with
two
days
of
employment
and
that
continued
for
the
next
number
of
weeks.
You
just
wouldn't
choose
to
make
those
kinds
of
choices.
It
leaves
you
feeling,
like
you're,
irresponsible
as
an
adult,
somehow
that
you
can't
manage
your
finances,
but
that's
not
realistic.
H
To
try
to
manage
that's
one
example:
another
example,
as
you
know,
I
had
oral
surgery.
I
think
that
I
had
to
reschedule
one
of
my
appointments
at
least
three
times,
because
every
time
I
would
schedule
it.
It
was
in
advance
of
when
the
schedule
would
actually
get
posted.
They
claimed
to
post
the
schedule
two
weeks
out,
but
it
is
cited
as
temporary
and
indefinite
changes.
H
I
Thank
you.
My
role
is
to
thank
everyone
for
being
here
today.
Certainly
my
colleagues,
a
special
thanks
to
Helen
get'em
for
putting
this
together
and
for
all
of
us
to
certainly
supporting
one
another,
those
who
are
victims
and
those
who
realize
that
we're
one
family
and
we
have
to
support
one
another
to
make
a
difference.
So
thank
you
all
for
being
here
and
we
look
forward
to
working
together
to
make
a
change.
Thank.
C
C
We're
gonna
be
pushing
hard
over
the
next
couple
of
months
to
see
justice
in
our
city
to
see
an
economic
plan
for
Philadelphia
workers.
That's
going
to
be
led
by
municipalities
and
we're
gonna
send
that
message
out
here
from
Philadelphia,
send
it
to
Harrisburg
and
up
to
DC.
We
gotta
have
some
change
now.
Thank
you.