BY Mike Elk – U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) has been accused by the UAW in an NLRB complaint of interfering with the union election at the Volkswagen Chattanooga plant. If the UAW wins, a new election will be held….
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Senate Democrats propose raising Pa. minimum wage to $12 an hour
By Jeff Frantz – A pair of state Senators have introduced a bill which would raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $12 an hour. The proposal — by senators Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery) and Mike Stack (D-Philadelphia) — would also make it…
PhillyLabor.com Talk Radio Show Debuts w/Guests AFL-CIO Pres. Pat Eiding, PB&CTC B.M. Pat Gillespie & Plumbers B.M., John Kane.
– Phillylabor.com is excited to announce that it has signed a deal to host a brand new ground breaking talk radio show debuting on April 16, 2014 called “Today in Philly Labor,” a weekly 2-hour drive time talk radio program…
Local artists to throw ‘Happy Trash Day’ party for sanitation workers
by jkruger – Jenny Drumgool is Philly’s own version of Don Quixote, maybe with a dash of Andy Warhol. But instead of tilting at windmills, the local artist throws spontaneous parties for the city’s trash collectors—balloons and all—both as a…
Sunoco promises to stop violating law about job applicants and criminal records
By Holly Otterbein – A group of public interest attorneys in Pennsylvania say they have reached a settlement with Sunoco after it violated a little-known law that limits the criminal records that employers can consider while hiring. Pennsylvania bars employers…
