Labor unions representing thousands of workers for the city of Philadelphia are suing Mayor Cherelle Parker over her effort to order municipal employees to return to offices five days a week starting this month without bargaining.
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 in 2020 in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In May, Parker, a Democrat, told all city workers that hybrid-work arrangements were coming to an end and they must all work in offices or on work-sites full time, beginning July 15.
District Council 47, which represents several local unions that sued Parker on Monday in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, said the mayor's office has refused to negotiate over the change in work arrangements and is violating labor law and existing collective bargaining agreements, which the city denies.
Both the National Labor Relations Act and the Pennsylvania Public Employees Relations Act say employers must negotiate proposed changes to "wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment" with unionized workers. The law generally requires employers to negotiate with workers in good faith either to agreement or an impasse. --->READ MORE HERE
New research has revealed the best states to work from home, with Georgia placing eighth.
The study by ergonomic furniture brand Desky analyzed data on internet speeds, electricity costs per kilowatt-hour, and remote job vacancies in each US state to determine which states are best for working from home.
It found that Virginia is the best state for working from home. It has an average internet speed of 505.6 megabytes per second, electricity costs of 12.4 cents per kilowatt-hour, and 23 remote job vacancies per 10,000 people. The state ranks second for internet speeds across all states, and in the top five for job vacancies, giving it the top spot.
Washington takes second place on the list, with an average internet speed of 451 megabytes per second, electricity costs 9.79 cents per kilowatt-hour, and 14 remote job vacancies per 10,000 people. It ranks second for electricity cost and is in the top five for internet speeds, giving it the second-place spot overall.
Arizona comes third on the list. The state has an average internet speed of 396.1 megabytes per second, electricity costs 13.16 cents per kilowatt-hour, and 40 remote job vacancies per 10,000 people, the most of any state.
Delaware takes fourth place in the study, with an average internet speed of 469.7 megabytes per second where it ranks third overall in this category. Electricity costs are 13.21 cents per kilowatt-hour, and there are an average of 21 remote job vacancies for every 10,000 people. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories and resources:
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