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…
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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…
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…
