By Mike Dunn — Amid the latest school funding crisis, Philadelphia local advocates are pushing for a city ballot question on whether to return the school district to local control, effectively putting the School Reform Commission out of business. The…
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Take Action! Monday Is Critical Vote For Future Of Pensions In PA! (Stop Corbett’s War On Pensions!)
By The PA. AFL-CIO – Governor Corbett made his intentions clear this week, he is even willing to miss the budget deadline so that he will have more time to push his extreme tea party agenda. Gov. Corbett and his…
Governor Corbett Shows His “Budget Cards”: Threatens to Hold State Budget Hostage in Pushing a Badly Flawed Pension Plan….
By The PA. AFL-CIO – Governor Corbett held a news conference on Tuesday, June 17 threatening to hold up passage of a state budget unless legislators approve a badly flawed pension Bill that even the Bill’s co-sponsors admit won’t provide…
Rally To Keep Philadelphia Gas Works Public
Join us for a rally at City Hall on Thursday, June 19, to make sure Council knows as they break for summer recess that Philadelphians want them to Keep PGW Public! Join community groups, environmental groups and labor allies in…
Letter from PFT president Jerry Jordan to the Philadelphia Delegation in Harrisburg in opposition to NB 1722
– The following letter in opposition to NB 1722 was sent to every PA Legislator in the Philadelphia Delegation: On behalf of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, I write to you to once again express the Federation’s vehement opposition to…
