“No one should have to come to work with birds flying all around.”

Bobby Davis, senior adviser to Philadelphia District Council 33, pushing back against the city’s new mandate that all 26,000 city employees return to the office, five days a week, starting this week. Davis claimed that the Municipal Services Building has been taken over by birds and, therefore, is unfit for workers to return. Other workers are complaining about the unfortunate, mid-summer timing of the return-to-office mandate while others expressed concerns about health struggles and family caregiving responsibilities. According to the city, about 80 percent of its employees already work on site, full time. (NPR — July 15, 2024)