By Jobs With Justice – Google is a multibillion-dollar corporation, yet workers at its Google Express warehouses can barely make ends meet. They say they’ve been pressured to work at unsafe speeds, in poor conditions, and with damaged equipment. That’s…
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Sen. Vincent Hughes Slams Republicans’ Tying Ed Funds To Liquor Privatization
By The Philly Public Record – Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-W. Phila.) released the following statement in response to Pennsylvania House Speaker Mike Turzai’s recent comments on state budget negotiations: “I am disappointed by recent comments made by Turzai, who once…
Verizon Workers Prepare for a Strike Over Job and Benefit Cuts
BY Pam Galpern – Verizon wants to drive down costs, shrink its union workforce even further, and get out of the landline business. But in negotiations this summer it’s coming head-to-head with its unions, who want to protect gains won…
Huge Victory In Pennsylvania As Army Depot Workers Form Their Union With The International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers, (IAM)
By The PA. AFL-CIO – On Thursday, July 30, 2015 workers employed by Bowhead Support Group LLC at Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, PA voted overwhelmingly to form their union with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, (IAM),…
Happy 50th Birthday, Medicare. Your Patients Are Getting Healthier
By Richard Harris – A Yale University study analyzed the experience of 60 million Americans covered by traditional Medicare between 1999 and 2013, and found “jaw-dropping improvements in almost every area,” the lead author says. Ann Cutting/Getty Images Here’s a…
