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Resolution 190115

Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter calling on the General Assembly to provide for a decent, living wage; and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.

Introduced Feb 14, 2019Committee on Law and GovernmentOfficial record: City of Philadelphia via Legistar

Introduced by

Councilmember ParkerCouncilmember Reynolds BrownCouncilmember Squilla

How members voted

  1. Vote on Mar 14, 2019 · CITY COUNCIL

    Aye (17)

    Council President ClarkeCouncilmember SquillaCouncilmember JohnsonCouncilmember BlackwellCouncilmember JonesCouncilmember HenonCouncilmember Quiñones SánchezCouncilmember BassCouncilmember ParkerCouncilmember O'NeillCouncilmember DombCouncilmember GreenCouncilmember GreenleeCouncilmember GymCouncilmember OhCouncilmember Reynolds BrownCouncilmember Taubenberger

From the floor

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  1. “My name is Kate Esposito. I'm here as co-chair of Powers Economic Dignity Team in support of Resolution 190115. We all know how poor Philadelphia is. We all know that too many people are working too hard yet still living in poverty, especially black and brown workers. And we all know that Harrisburg turns its back on this City as it tightens the grip of wage preemption. Anything less than $15.00 as a minimum wage is…”

    Ms. Esposito · Stated Meeting, March 14, 2019 · Mar 14, 2019 · official transcript, this passage

  2. “Aye. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. Majority of members having voted in the affirmative, Resolution No. 190115 has been adopted. Thank you. Mr. Decker, please read the title of 180818.”

    Council President Clarke · Stated Meeting, March 14, 2019 · Mar 14, 2019 · official transcript, this passage

  3. “To the President and members of the Council of the City of Philadelphia, the Committee on Law and Government, to which was referred Bill No. 180818, entitled "An ordinance providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the mandatory establishment an…”

    Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, March 7, 2019 · Mar 7, 2019 · official transcript, this passage

Status timeline

  1. Feb 14, 2019Introduced and Referred · CITY COUNCIL
  2. Mar 4, 2019HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee on Law and Government
  3. Mar 4, 2019HEARING HELD · Committee on Law and Government
  4. Mar 4, 2019REPORTED FAVORABLY · Committee on Law and Government
  5. Mar 7, 2019ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING. · CITY COUNCIL
  6. Mar 14, 2019ADOPTED · CITY COUNCIL

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..Title Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter calling on the General Assembly to provide for a decent, living wage; and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia. ..Body WHEREAS, Under Section 6 of the First Class City Home Rule Act (53 P.S. �13106), an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter may be proposed by a resolution of the Council of the City of Philadelphia adopted with the concurrence of two-thirds of its elected members; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the following amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter is hereby proposed and shall be submitted to the electors of the City on an election date designated by ordinance: ARTICLE VIII PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION * * * CHAPTER 5 REFERENDA APPROVED BY THE VOTERS * * * � 8-506. Providing for a Decent, Living Wage. We, the citizens of Philadelphia, believe that a fair day's work deserves a fair day's wage; that working people deserve to be paid a decent, family sustaining, living wage; and that the current Pennsylvania minimum wage is unacceptable because it makes a decent living impossible for too many working people, relegating too many to a life of poverty. We, therefore, call upon the Pennsylvania General Assembly to raise the Pennsylvania minimum wage now, so that it reaches $15 an hour, in stages, by 2025, in order to allow a working person to avoid poverty and to afford the basic necessities of life. Alternatively, we call upon the General Assembly to allow the City of Philadelphia to take care of its own residents and to increase the minimum wage in Philadelphia. All appropriate City officials are hereby vested with the authority and the responsibility to take all appropriate steps, to the fullest extent allowable under the law, to ensure that working people in Philadelphia are paid a decent, family sustaining, living wage. * * * ..End