Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter on Monday afternoon launched another salvo in the ongoing contract talks with city worker unions: he has frozen scheduled pay raises for thousands of workers.
The mayor is freezing what are called "step" and "longevity" pay increases that city workers normally get on the anniversary of when they start in a particular position.
City managing director Camille Barnett says the move applies to all civil service workers, union and non-union:
"Employees are frozen at their current salary."
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