(3/4 – PODCAST) – Today In PhillyLabor Radio Podcast Featuring Pa. State Rep. Gene DiGirolamo and Sheet Metal Workers Local 19, Apprentice Coordinators, Joe Frick and Bob Paul. Featured Topics – Modernization “Not” Privatization of PA.’s Liquor Stores, A Spotlight…
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Applauds Governor Wolf’s Budget Blueprint for Pennsylvania
By The PA. AFL-CIO – Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Rick Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder are pleased with Governor Tom Wolf’s budget proposal today in keeping with the campaign promises he made to the working people of Pennsylvania. “Governor Wolf’s budget…
Gov. Wolf ousts Green, names Neff chair of SRC
By Dale Mezzacappa – Gov. Wolf has asked Marjorie Neff to take over as the chair of the School Reform Commission, ousting Bill Green from that role. “The School District of Philadelphia is in dire financial straits, and our children…
PA. AFL-CIO Condemns Passage Of Privatization Of Wine & Spirits Which Will Destroy 5,000 Family Sustaining Jobs
By The PA. AFL-CIO (Measure passes the House by a final vote of 114 in favor, to 87 opposed) – Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Snyder today condemned the passage of the privatization of Pennsylvania’s Wine and Spirits which…
SugarHouse accused of spying on union supporters with surveillance cameras
By Jared Shelly – The management at SugarHouse Casino is being accused of using its surveillance cameras to spy on union supporters. The Unite Here Local 54 union has filed a document with the National Labor Relations Board making the…