By The PA. AFL-CIO – Every year the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO offers scholarships to affiliated union members and their families. The criteria for entering are broken up into three categories with different topics for each surrounding an opportunity for students to…
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Pa. Senate GOP looks for votes on liquor amendment
By Mary Wilson – A plan to liberalize the sale of wine and beer in Pennsylvania is under serious consideration by the state Senate GOP, about a year after the chamber last tried advancing some kind of overhaul to how…
Urgent Action! Senate Appropriations Committee To Vote On Liquor Privatization Today!
By The PA. AFL-CIO – This is urgent, E-Mail Your State Senator Now, and then share this action page with all of your coworkers, friends, and family members. Last spring, the State House passed HB 790, Rep. Turzai’s bill that…
Who Is Behind the National Right to Work Committee and its Anti-Union Crusade?
By Jay Riestenberg and Mary Bottari – As the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014 session comes to a close, one of the major cases left for a decision is Harris vs. Quinn,which could effect some 7 million public sector workers in…
Organized Labor Takes High Road In Submitting Testimony To Disarm Politically Charged Atmosphere Of Rhetoric And Hatred By Right Wing Groups
By the PA. AFL-CIO – On Thursday Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President submitted written testimony on behalf of several unions to avoid a circus like committee hearing conducted by State Representative Daryl Metcalfe on House Bill 1507 paycheck deception bill. The testimony…
