PHILADELPHIA (TND) — City employees in Philadelphia began working in-person full time again on Monday.
The workers returned to their offices after a trial court judge ruled against a union seeking to block Mayor Cherelle Parker’s order requiring in-person work.
AFSCME District Council 47, which sued the Parker administration, said following the ruling Friday that city employees should return to the offices in accordance with the ruling.
“We remain committed to building a 21st-century city government that serves all Philadelphians,” the union wrote in a statement.
Parker issued her order in May, asserting it would help create a more “accessible” and “visible” government. More than 80% of the city’s employees worked onsite in 2023, according to the mayor.
Keep them in their offices and not working from home through the internet. One the reasons housing is out of our local residents price-range is because people are selling their homes in NY, PA, NJ, etc, and moving down here where a $300,000 home is no problem after selling theirs for 1 half a million, and still making 50% higher wages using the internet, than what is available here on the shore. And on top of that, this influx of very wealthy communities will drive our property values sky high and tax us right out of ownership.