By Bill Knight – When Anchorage, Alaska, Mayor Dan Sullivan last month called union dues “slavery,” he was echoing not just the familiar, wrong-headed claims of so-called Right To Work types and extremist Republicans. When Anchorage, Alaska, Mayor Dan Sullivan…
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Teachers’ Union Wants Philadelphians to Vote on School District Control
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…
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…
