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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Mayor Nutter Vetoes Sick Leave Legislation

As expected, Mayor Nutter will veto sick leave legislation that passed City Council almost two weeks ago.

You can read his letter to Council here. And check out video from the event below:
Posted by Catherine Lucey @ 5:33 PM  Permalink | 11 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:53 PM, 06/28/2011
    Well Well Well! Greenlee sold out all property owners and gave Green his vot, in exchange for his sick bill, and it's vetoed anyway. Nobody wins Billy Bill's Bill.
    — Francis J Graff
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:04 PM, 06/28/2011
    It's nice that Nutter went to the Chamber to let people explicitly know who owns him.
    — Stan Shapiro
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:55 PM, 06/28/2011
    Stan: What are the Unions doing about Nutter? He is an anti-union, anti-middle class Republican. It is a disgrace that there is no candidate. What are Pete Matthews and Cathy Scott doing for their members after 4 years with no raises, frozen seniority steps, paying more towards their health care etc? This is the time for leadership. Instead both Scott and Matthews are counting their DROP money after they came back to the SAME jobs after they made a committment to retire.
    — Serpico
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:12 PM, 06/28/2011
    Sick leave is a benefit, it's not a "right" that you have under law. It's a benefit that is given to make employers more appealing to employees. The employer is paying your salary while you are sick. The decision to do that has to be made by the employer without some kind of subsidy, or reimbursement, or the employees having that money taken out of the paycheck. People have huge deductions for this kind of benefit. Being sick is not anything you can control, but your employer can't be forced to be on the hook for it, or we economically risk creating a situation like Spain's, where few people have full time jobs with benefits who are under 30.
    — CleanupPhilly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:14 PM, 06/28/2011
    If you want the government to mandate sick leave, you have to figure out a way for the government to pay for it, whether with tax incentives, outright subsidy, or the like. That's what is missing from this bill. Maybe Nutter could sign on to a bill that eliminates wage taxes for employers who offer sick leave. See? That might work.
    — CleanupPhilly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:34 PM, 06/28/2011
    we don't need no stinkin' jobs in Philly. Obama will take care of the brothers and sisters.
    — Beethoven987
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:08 PM, 06/28/2011
    Nutter might as well join the republics since he a_s kisses them at every event.
    — jzgirl
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:45 PM, 06/28/2011
    Nutter's rationale for this veto is exactly why we must pass BPT reform as proposed by Maria Q Sanchez and I. Thanks for acknowledging the merits of our argument however internally inconsistent it may be for you Mayor.
    — BillGreen
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:52 PM, 06/28/2011
    Yes, the focus should be on JOB CREATION, unemployment is high, focus on jobs first!!! And leave the sick leave bill to the Federal, or State government!!!!
    — Dadair1
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:30 AM, 06/29/2011
    As one of those regular Philadelphians who was not allowed into yesterday's public press conference. I am truly appalled at the Mayor's actions. Not only did he make his announcement at the headquarters of a well known right-wing lobby, he refused to even look at the people. Holding his hand to his face as he quickly walked past. He should feel shame for how he treats the people of Philadelphia.
    — SoPhi
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:28 AM, 07/07/2011
    Classic Republican move there, Mr. Mayor. I see you held the press conference on private property so you could throw people out.
    — Susie from Philly


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