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…
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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…
Nine black lives taken, nine families broken, our endurance shaken
By James Peterson – This is not a think piece. It’s a feel piece. Today in #BlackLivesMatter news, we are presented with an untenable conundrum: to continue discussing the real consequences of the socially constructed nature of race — the…
