Last Monday, the Pennsylvania House Committee on Labor and Industry voted in favor of a bill, HB861, that would not only prevent municipalities from enacting their own labor regulations but would apply retroactively to any local policy from the past three years, which includes Philadelphia's paid sick leave and pay equity ordinances. It would also mean that Councilwoman Helen Gym's work scheduling bill, which would help stabilize the working lives of part-time hourly workers — and we have supported — would be dead before it gets a vote in City Council.