By The Philly Public Record – They are best known as the Pink Nuns and that they live, work, and prayer behind a grated iron fence that keeps them from mingling with the public. Most Philadelphians are unaware of their…
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Spreading The Holiday Cheer To Those Who Are Less Fortunate
By The PA. AFL-CIO – Tis more rewarding to give than to receive; and during this Holiday Season our unions and our members across Pennsylvania are generously responding to the calls for help from their United Way Labor Liaisons and…
Wall Street to Workers: Give Us Your Retirement Savings and Stop Asking Questions BY David Sirota
BY David Sirota – If you are a public school teacher in Kentucky, the state has a message for you: You have no right to know the details of the investments being made with your retirement savings. That was the…
Register Now for the 2015 AFL-CIO Martin Luther King Civil and Human Rights Conference
– As we approach the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and the accomplishments of the civil rights movement, it will soon be time for the 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference, which will…
UIL pulls the plug on PGW agreement – (Brief PhillyLabor Editorial Included)
By Tom MacDonald – A plan to sell Philadelphia Gas Works to a private company is officially dead. Because of a lack of action from City Council, UIL Holdings issued a statement saying it had “no choice” but to terminate…
