Unions file lawsuit against Philadelphia for mandating that full-time city workers return to the office

Labor unions representing thousands of Philadelphia city employees filed a lawsuit seeking to block Democrat Mayor Cherelle Parker's requirement that full-time city employees return to the office five days a week starting this month. District Council 47 of The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees alleges in the lawsuit filed Monday that the mandate violates its contract and will harm city workers, according to Reuters. The union, which represents 6,000 administrative and supervisory employees and negotiated remote work at the beginning of the COVID pandemic in 2020, also...