By Randy LoBasso – Senator Pat Toomey joined his Republican colleagues in the U.S. Senate today to block a bill which would have increased the minimum wage. After doing so, Toomey, a senator from Pennsylvania, released a statement estimating that…
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STATEMENT FROM PFT PRESIDENT JERRY JORDAN ON DELAY OF CHARTER SCHOOL VOTE AT MUÑOZ MARIN
PHILADELPHIA–“The school district-announced delay of the vote scheduled for May 1 shows the district’s utter disdain for the voices of parents at Munoz Marin elementary school. “The district is clearly intent on following through on the Boston Consulting Group’s recommendation…
GCC/IBT DC 9 – LOCAL #16N FundRaisor To Host and Attend National Conference
From Joe Inemer – GCC/IBT DC 9 – LOCAL #16N is proud to be the host local to the 57th NORTH AMERICAN NEWSPAPER CONFERENCE (NANC) GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE The NANC will be held in Scottsdale, AZ., on May 18-21, 2014….
Union blasts Gov Christie for killing pay raises at the Pinelands Commission
By Tom Johnson – When Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a proposed raise for the staff of the Pinelands Commission earlier this month, he castigated the commissioners for “conscious disregard of the fiscal realities’’ facing the agency and the state of…
Today, April 28, 2014 is Worker’s Memorial Day
By The PA. AFL-CIO – April 28th is designated Workers Memorial Day by the AFL-CIO to remember the victims of unsafe working conditions and to advocate for stronger protections and improved enforcement to protect working families. This year marks the…
