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City Council honors Ben Fletcher as supporters press for stronger protections for temp and marginalized workers
Summary
Council adopted a resolution recognizing labor leader Ben Fletcher and heard extended public testimony from labor groups pressing for pay, safety, and greater protections for temp and marginalized workers; advocates connected Fletcher's 1913 longshore organizing to contemporary campaigns for gig and temp-worker rights.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a privileged resolution recognizing Ben Fletcher and Local 8's role in multi-racial labor organizing, while dozens of public commenters used the chamber to urge policy follow-up to worker organizing.
Council Member Nicholas Oor introduced the Ben Fletcher resolution, which honors Fletcher's leadership in the 1913 longshore strike and the city's tradition of multiracial labor solidarity. The text, and multiple speakers during public comment, linked Fletcher's century-old fight for dignity at work to present-day demands by temp, gig and formerly incarcerated workers for better pay, safety and stable employment.
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