– For five years, Newspaper Guild members have given up two weeks of pay saving the company about $1 million a year. Now when we want to devote those funds to our health and welfare fund, the company is balking….

Let’s Make Safe Jobs the Number One Priority by Making Our Workers Memorial Day Observances Successful
By The PA. AFL-CIO – President Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Snyder encourage you to participate in our many Workers’ Memorial Day events and encourage all of your members and co-workers to participate in one or more of these observances if possible….
New Poll: Jim Kenney Continues To Lead
Survey underscores significant economic concerns among voters, reveals consistent favorable support for a series of specific policy proposals PHILADELPHIA – April 23, 2015 – As the Philadelphia Democratic primary election enters its final month, a new poll commissioned by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees…
Pa. schools are the nation’s most inequitable. The new governor wants to fix that.
By Emma Brown – PHILADELPHIA — At Martin Luther King High, a hulking half-full school here, there aren’t enough textbooks to go around. If teachers want to make a photocopy, they have to buy paper themselves. Though an overwhelming majority…
Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Voter Contact Program
By The Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO – Philadelphia AFL-CIO Canvas Schedule * Canvasses on SATURDAYS begin at 10:00AM * Canvasses on SUNDAYS begin at 1:00PM – CANVASSING from Sprinklerfitters Local 692 at14002 McNulty Rd in Northeast Philadelphia: SATURDAY APRIL 25TH SUNDAY…