Union members filled the streets of Center City Tuesday in a large and loud protest for a new contract for office cleaners and maintenance workers.
The march kicked-off at 18th and JFK Boulevard as unionized office cleaners filled the streets and shouted words of protest. They stopped at the base of a Comcast Tower, one of many city buildings they clean, where workers told FOX 29 they are working harder than ever.
But with the growth of remote work leaving office towers with fewer tenants, the union said building owners are pressing for cuts in work hours and pay meaning less job security. Union leadership says 2-thousand Philadelphia office cleaners are in talks for a new contract joining 70-thousand workers up and down the East Coast whose contracts expire by the end of the year.
The union showed its muscle loudly clogging streets and drawing Democratic politicians including candidate for Mayor Cherelle Parker. Parker said, "we need to make fiscal stability our number one priority but it’s not an either or. We can support a municipal workforce, the private sector and service industry."
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