Daily News | The union for Philly sanitation workers is dumping mayoral candidate Jeff Brown over his ‘pick up the damn trash’ comment
of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees’ District Council 33, the largest union for Philly’s city employees.
Local 427 and Local 403, which represents streets workers and is also switching its endorsement to Parker, are two of the 15 local unions that are part of D.C. 33, which represents about 9,000 blue-collar municipal workers and endorsed Brown in January. When city labor contracts need to be renegotiated, D.C. 33 bargains with mayoral administrations on behalf of the locals, and it usually operates with a united front when it makes political endorsements.
The rule was established in the 1950s reform movement to make the city workforce more meritocratic and crack down on political patronage. But Parker and other critics of the rule, which was one of the most restrictive of its kind in the country, have said it hindered theGarrett said that relaxing the hiring process has allowed favoritism to creep back into city agencies.
“These are the men and women who are on the front line doing the work necessary to enhance the quality of life in our city and doing the job that not a whole lot of people in this city want to do,” Parker said. “They do it with grace. They do it with dignity.” Brown said Tuesday that he has “met with the union leaders of sanitation to address all of their concerns and to reinforce my commitment to them and all city workers.”
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