Philadelphia City Council is considering a “firefighters bill of rights.” Councilman Jim Kenney proposed the bill which among other things defines the discipline process for firefighters. Kenney says there is a double standard when it comes to how firefighters are…
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Peggy Browning Fund Philadelphia Awards Honors Labor’s Finest
On Thursday, March 20, Walter Higgins, Business Manager of Laborers Local 57, Pat Bianculli, Esq., Counsel IBEW Local 98, and Alan Symonette, Esq., Arbitrator will be celebrated as the 2014 Peggy Browning Fund Honorees at the Peggy Browning Fund’s Philadelphia…
Court Upholds Rule Protecting U.S. Workers’ Wages
– In a victory for American jobs and fair pay, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld Department of Labor wage rules requiring non-agricultural foreign workers be paid prevailing wages. Under Labor Department rules, employers requesting authorization…
Philly Labor Mission Will Never Be Compromised
Philly Labor is dedicated to providing news, information, and alerts to the Philadelphia area labor/union community for the purpose of providing a centralized resource that keeps our entire workforce informed and up to date on union affecting issues and situations….
VW Officials Fight Back In Support of Unionizing; Volkswagen official threatens to block expansion if workers won’t unionize
– Volkswagen’s top labor representative threatened today to try to block further investments by the German carmaker in the U.S. South if its workers there are not unionized, Reuters reported today. “I can imagine fairly well that another VW factory…
