PHILADELPHIA – Mayor Kenney issued the following statement on today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Janus case:

“Today’s Supreme Court decision is the unfortunate result of an ideological attack on public employee unions, wrapped in the guise of constitutional law.  AFSCME, which represents tens of thousands of Philadelphia municipal workers, is required by law to provide collective bargaining for all union positions – and that benefits even those who choose not to become members.  The high court’s decision will have far reaching consequences for AFSCME,  as well as other municipal worker unions including PFT, SEIU, and CASA.  And most importantly, it is certain to impact working people who struggle each and every day to move into the middle class.”

The Mayor has joined mayors from nearly two dozen other cities in signing a pledge to recognize and protect the rights of municipal labor unions.  The “Mayors Stand with Working Families” pledge identifies several ways that cities can level the playing field for unions and mitigate the damage done by the Supreme Court’s harmful decision.