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Childspace Day Care Center describing how difficult it is to care for a child and hold down a job without paid sick days. Later that same month, activists surrounded city hall with 10,000 orange postcards that supporters of the bill from every city district had filled out with messages explaining the bill's necessity. On June 9, Council delayed a vote on the bill for another week, but voted on an amendment to the bill exempting businesses with fewer than 5 employees. Workers protested outside beforehand, and packed chambers during the proceedings, holding up signs whenever the bill was up for discussion and giving public comment. Opponents of the bill spoke as well. The bill, which would affect 210,000 Philadelphia workers, has 70% support in the city; 64% of Republicans and 72% of Democrats support it, and many of them say that they would rather vote for City Council candidates who support it as well. On June 16, City Council passed the bill by a vote of 9–8, but was vetoed by Mayor
84:'s corporate policy. Prior to the protest, Del Monte had made a decision to unload fruit in New Jersey, rather than the Philadelphia port, depriving Philadelphia workers of many hours of work and pay, sometimes as much as 75%. Protestors refused to recognize the new union that Del Monte was working with. Philadelphia unions declared a boycott of Del Monte until they reversed their decision.
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