By Molly Young – The U.S. Senate on Monday passed a bill to extend long-term unemployment benefits, more than three months after the aid expired. Senate lawmakers voted 59-38 to renew the benefits through May, and cover retroactive payments back…
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Philadelphia AFL-CIO COPE/PAC Fundraiser and Farewell Party for Liz McElroy
By The Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO – Our former Political Director and Secretary-Treasurer Liz McElroy has already hit the ground running in her new position as Assistant Director of the National AFL-CIO Political Department. In her honor, Philadelphia AFL-CIO Recording Secretary…
Politicians violated VW workers’ rights
By Bob King – What happened in Chattanooga is starting to become much clearer, thanks to some excellent investigative journalism by Phil Williams of WTVF-TV in Nashville. And what happened could have far-reaching implications beyond Chattanooga. Williams reported on Monday…
Emails Show Sen. Corker’s Chief of Staff Coordinated with Network of Anti-UAW Union Busters
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….
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…
