Likely mayor Cherelle Parker and union chief Ryan Boyer must work together to open up good-paying jobs long denied to people of color.
Trades members applaud as Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an August visit to Philadelphia. After decades of exclusion, the building trades in the city remain predominantly white and male.Sep. 2, 2023, 5:45 a.m. ET
A. Philip Randolph, helped with transportation for the hundreds of thousands who attended the march. At the time, Randolph had been seeking support for such a march for decades. the kind of financial stability that strengthens communities. A litany of systemic issues in Philadelphia, from generational poverty to gun violence, are compounded by decades of lost opportunities.Philadelphia’s likely next mayor, Cherelle Parker, describes herself as an unapologetic pro-labor Democrat. Parker, who would be the first Black woman to lead City Hall, is a strong ally of Ryan Boyer, the first Black man to head the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council.
to attract large-scale development. The need for major projects is no doubt part of Boyer’s advocacy for the proposed Sixers Center City arena. The $1.55 billion proposal is expected to employ about 9,000 construction workers. That’s roughly a quarter of the region’s unionized construction workforce.
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