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Cherelle Parker: “We offered an expansion of District Council 33's pay plan or…”

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Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike

Published July 1, 2025 | Video Starts at 04:16

We believe it's a fair offer and it's still fiscally responsible for the people of this city. In addition to that historic pay increase, We offered an expansion of District Council 33's pay plan or pay scale. And that is to offer what we refer to as a fifth step. The proposed creation of a new fifth step in the District Council 33 pay plan. (04:16–04:25)

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“A four year pay increase over my first term that totals over 13%.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 03:38-03:47
“We approved a new city budget that includes a $2 billion home plan for Philadelphia.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 06:29-06:39
“The building, preserving and restoring 30,000 units of housing in the City of Philadelphia.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 06:39-06:49
“District Council 33 officially went on strike as of 12:01am today.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 00:28-00:46
“The City of Philadelphia put its best offer on the table.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 00:46-00:51
“The City of Philadelphia remains committed to reaching a fair and fiscally responsible contract with our municipal workers.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 01:02-01:12
“Essential city services will continue to be provided by the City of Philadelphia.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 01:57-02:09
“We put on the table for the hard working members of District Council 33 an historic offer.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 03:27-03:37
“More than any other mayor has in one term in over 30 years offered to District Council 33 during contract negotiations.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 03:47-04:01
“The proposed creation of a new fifth step in the District Council 33 pay plan.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 04:30-04:38
“The offer that we put on the table is an increase in prep pay, economic opportunity, access to home ownership, home repair, and rent…”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 05:43-06:01
“The shallow rent program...expands the shallow rent program to buy affordability and market rate apartment buildings.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 07:13-13:34
“Turn the Key, a housing program to build more units of affordable housing that working class Philadelphians would be able to afford, was…”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 07:27-07:44
“We instituted the [Turn the Key] program and then we paid attention to the results. It was not providing the results that we desired when…”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 08:09-08:24
“District Council 33 members and other municipal employees, they were not getting approved for mortgages.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 08:25-08:35
“We wanted a vehicle to ensure that while we were building and preserving and restoring 30,000 units of housing, we could guarantee that…”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 09:05-09:28
“BSRP provides free home repairs for homeowners to correct electrical, plumbing, heating, limited structural, carpentry and roofing…”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 10:51-11:02
“We made sure that we created BSRP Plus Next. Why is that important? Because we increase the eligibility requirements so that you can earn up…”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 11:23-11:44
“The new One Philly Mortgage program...provides a 30 year fixed rate loan with a low down payment, very low interest rates and removes the…”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 11:44-11:48
“You can earn up to 120% of the area median income so that you can qualify [for the One Philly Mortgage program].”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 12:03-12:17
“Philly First Home...offers home buying assistance grants to first time home buyers, reducing the principal and covers down payment and loan…”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 12:30-12:44
“You can earn up to 100% of the AMI and you can get grants for those closing costs and down payment assistance up to $10,000 or 6% of the…”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 12:43-12:58
“These programs that you just heard me mention, they are unprecedented because if you want to live in a market rate apartment building, but…”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 13:33-13:58
“No residential collection of trash or recycling effective today.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 16:16-16:21
“We are arranging for 63 temporary drop off locations around Philadelphia.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 16:30-16:38
“It'll be listed on fila.gov sanitation.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 16:57-17:03
“The 4th of July celebration will go on as planned.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 18:35-18:41
“Every bit of the commitment that I made to residents of the City of Philadelphia to make it safer, cleaner and greener with economic…”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 26:44-26:56
“Members of District Council 33 are our human infrastructure.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 27:42-28:03
“Fire hydrants were turned on this morning for water to just run.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 37:44-37:53
“We had collected footage and video of a car pulling over the top of the block, person jumping out, turning on the fire hydrant.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 38:05-38:18
“That was something that was occurring in different neighborhoods across the city.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 38:19-38:24
“The strategy behind that, which is reckless, is to hope that the city of Philadelphia water pressure is lowered.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 38:32-38:38
“I want nothing more than to see District Council 33 members come back to work.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 39:52-39:58
“No one does their job better than they do. They live here. They're residents here.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 39:58-40:04
“We are doing everything that we possibly can to get back to the table.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 40:07-40:13
“I have always been a strong advocate for residency for our municipal workers.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 41:24-41:31
“I want our municipal workers to be a part of the city of Philadelphia because they are a part of the fabric of our community.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 41:31-41:40
“I do not support the elimination of the City of Philadelphia's residency requirement.”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 42:16-42:23
“The home initiative was important because I couldn't be a council person. And now the mayor who says, municipal workers, I want you to live…”
Video: Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker responds to workers union strike | Uploaded July 1, 2025 | 42:34-42:53