By The PA. AFL-CIO – The Pennsylvania Labor Movement in 2014 has been defined by the fight against anti-union legislation that would interfere with negotiated dues deduction. Backed by out-of-state billionaires and corporate lobbyists, House Bill 1507 and Senate Bill…
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The NLRB has ruled that Northwestern University football players have the right to form labor union
By Mason Levinson – Northwestern University football players were given the right to form college sports’ first labor union in a ruling that could seismically change the $16 billion business of top-level university athletics. Peter Ohr, the National Labor Relations…
Phila. Firefighters Union Opposes City’s Proposed Deployment Model for Paramedics and EMTS
By John McDevitt — Philadelphia’s Civil Service Commission will hold a hearing Wednesday to consider a new classification of employee — a fire service paramedic. The city will propose a new deployment model for paramedics and emergency medical technicians. It…
Jobless aid to get yet another Senate vote as House continues to balk
By Laura Clawson – This is the week! Again! This is the week, that is, that the Senate will once again attempt to pass an emergency unemployment aid extension that House Republicans will refuse to even bring up for a…
Philly Labor Thanks Labor Leaders Kurt Freeman, Joe Inemar and Joe Ashdale
PhillyLabor.com would like to thank DC-9/Graphics Communications Union 14-M President, Kurt Freeman and Graphics Communications Union 16-N, President, Joe Inemer for being the featured guest speakers at our Philly Labor Meet and Greet Event last Wednesday. Both Joe and Kurt…
