By Joel Mathis – There will be no Philadelphia newspaper strike after all. On Friday night — after an exhausting 11-hour negotiating session with a federal mediator, and 25 hours before their contract was set to expire — the Newspaper…
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Why Marriage Equality And The Supreme Court Decision Is Important To Workers
By The PA. AFL-CIO – The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO’s history, and that of the entire labor movement, has been about fighting for workers’ rights. This includes rights relating to dignity and fairness in the workplace. A union contract, and the benefits…
PFT files unfair labor practice charge about substitute outsourcing
By Dale Mezzacappa – As it had vowed to do, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers filed charges of unfair labor practice Wednesday against the School District for its decision to outsource substitute teaching. The PFT, which is seeking an expedited…
Take Action! Wagner’s Liquor Privatization Bill To Be Introduced In PA Senate
By The PA. AFL-CIO – Defending our State Wine and Spirits Stores from the privateers has been an ongoing fight for such a long time that it almost risks fading into the background noise of a dysfunctional State Legislature, but…
PFT President Jerry Jordan releases statement on the SRC’s vote to outsource substitutes
– From PFT President Jerry Jordan: “Once again, the School Reform Commission is using the budget crisis as an excuse to privatize public education, one position at a time. “Voting to give the management of substitutes to Source4Teachers is not…
