AFSCME District Council 33, today announced that contract negotiations between the Union and the City of Philadelphia are set to resume on Friday February 28, 2014 at 2:00 pm at the Philadelphia Sheraton on 17th Street and Race Street and…
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Coming This Week To Cable TV: The Truth About Right-To-Work
By The PA. AFL-CIO – Over 100 union members and community allies joined President Rick Bloomingdale for a taped forum that set the record straight on the paycheck deception bills moving in the state Legislature. In the forum, moderated by…
MAYOR NUTTER AND DISTRICT COUNCIL 47 REACH CONTRACT AGREEMENT
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAYOR NUTTER AND DISTRICT COUNCIL 47 REACH CONTRACT AGREEMENT – Philadelphia, February 25, 2014 – Mayor Michael A. Nutter and District Council Union 47 signed an eight-year contract. Mayor Nutter’s prepared remarks and…
Firefighters Bill of Rights introduced in City Council
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…
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…
