Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker sued by AFSCME DC 47 over return-to-office policy
A coalition of unions that represent thousands of Philadelphia city employees announced a lawsuit against Mayor Cherelle Parker over her return-to-office policy. The civil suit was filed Tuesday in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia County.
Mayor Parker’s return-to-office policy will take effect Monday after surviving legal challenge
For the first time since March 2020, all city workers will be required to work in-person on a full-time basis starting Monday after a Philadelphia judge on Friday sided with Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration and rejected an emergency lawsuit challenging the policy.
Judge denies injunction over Mayor Cherelle Parker’s back to work order
Philadelphia city employees still working from home or in a hybrid capacity are being ordered back to work by a judge's order.
Philadelphia judge denies union's request to delay Mayor Cherelle Parker's return-to-office policy
Judge Sierra Thomas-Street issued her ruling Friday evening turning down a plea from AFSCME District Council 47. This comes after two days of lengthy testimony from remote workers and city officials.
Judge upholds Parker’s return-to-office mandate. Philly city workers must be in person full-time starting Monday
Philly city worker union AFSCME lost a court case that would have blocked Mayor Cherelle Parker’s return to office mandate on Monday.
Judge upholds Mayor Parker's return to office order for city employees
A judge has upheld Mayor Cherelle Parker’s return to office order set to take effect on Monday. The decision comes after a two-day hearing in which the white-collar union argued the issue must be negotiated.
Judge denies Philly union's request to block Mayor Parker's return-to-office policy
With a mandate for Philadelphia’s city employees to return to the office full-time only a few days away, union leaders continue to fight Mayor Cherelle Parker’s pending policy in court.
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City workers union files a lawsuit to stop Mayor Parker’s return-to-office mandate
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union, aka AFSCME, represents about 3,700 administrative, professional and technical assistance workers in Philadelphia as part of ...
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City workers must return to the office full time after judge denies injunction
The judge made the decision early Friday evening during a hearing at city hall. On July 2, District Council 47 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), filed a ...
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Philadelphia city workers return to the office Monday after union's attempt to block order fails
I mean it's not a zoo." AFSCME District Council 47 said its members should report to the office on Monday. However, the union posted on social media that the "fight is not over" and it would be ...
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Philadelphia workers unions sue mayor over return-to-office mandate
District Council 47 of The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees represents more than 3,000 unionized workers for the city, who negotiated remote-work arrangements beginning ...
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‘I'm at war with the status quo': Philly mayor talks return to in-office work policy
The lawsuit, filed by District Council 47 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, claims the mandate violates its contract and will harm city workers. The union ...
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Philadelphia orders workers back to the office. But some say, what about the birds?
"July 15th, in the middle of the summer, people are scrambling, trying to find childcare, trying to find summer camps," said April Gigetts, president of District Council 47. City workers spoke ...
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Unions file lawsuit against Philadelphia for mandating that full-time city workers return to the office
Labor unions representing thousands of Philadelphia city employees filed a lawsuit seeking to block Democratic Mayor Cherelle Parker's requirement that full-time city employees return to the ...