Philadelphia City Council weighs higher pension costs for union workers, but not for Council
City Council moved Thursday to approve a new contract for Philadelphia's largest municipal union, which would require those workers to contribute more to their pensions.
Council members, however, were not yet ready to make the same demand of themselves.
The legislation was introduced only after it was stripped of a proposal that about 5,000 other city employees - including elected officials - also pay the higher pension costs.
Council President Darrell L. Clarke acknowledged the legislation had been watered down from what the Kenney administration had proposed. He insisted that Council members were not trying to dodge paying more toward their pensions.
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