We would like to wish all the fathers of the labor movement, who work hard and dedicate your lives everyday to standing up for what you believe in so that your children and future generations will have a better life,…
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No deal: SEPTA Regional Rail workers announce strike
By Emma Jacobs – All thirteen SEPTA Regional Rail lines have stopped operating due to a labor stoppage. The 220 members of the Brotherhood of Local Engineers and Trainmen and the 210 members of Electrical Workers Local 744 walked off…
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Unanimously Endorses Tom Wolf For Governor
By The PA. AFL-CIO – HARRISBURG, PA: Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Rick Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder announced the endorsement of Tom Wolf for Governor in the General Election that will be held on Tuesday November 4, 2014. Tom Wolf received…
Hundreds rally against Christie plan to cut N.J. payments to pension system
By Phil Gregory – Hundreds of public employee union members rallied outside the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton to protest Gov. Chris Christie’s plan to cut the state’s contribution to the pension system. The language in a law enacted in…
Tioga Terminal Operator Sees Boom Period For Delaware River Port
BY TONY WEST/The Philly Public Record – The sun is shining again on the Delaware River over a fleet of rising commerce scattered from Tioga in Port Richmond down to Wilmington. The Great Recession is over, at least at sea….
