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Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Welcomes News That Privatization Bid For PA Lottery Will Be Allowed To Expire
By The PA. AFL-CIO Harrisburg, PA – While there are always plenty of New Year’s Eve “droppings” throughout the Susquehanna Valley, (everything from a strawberry, a bologna, a kiss, a rose, a wrench, or a pickle) you can add another…
AFSCME District Council 33 announces contract settlement with Philadelphia Parking Authority; four year deal contains increases in wages and health benefit contributions.
Dateline: Philadelphia, PA Monday, December 30, 2013 3:00 pm Contact: Bob Wolper, 215-896-2970 Source: AFSCME District Council 33 Pete Matthews, the President of AFSCME District Council 33, the City Municipal Workers Union, along with Barry Cox, President of Local 403,…
Petition To Demand that Congress Renews Unemployment Insurance
By Michael Morrill – The Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program ended on December 28 for 1.3 million jobless Americans. Unemployment benefits will be cut from as much as 73 weeks to 26 weeks. Democrats fought to include UI in the…
AX FALLS ON 1.3 MILLION: Its Not Just Poor People Getting Hosed When Congress Lets Unemployment Insurance Expire
By Sam Stein and Arthur Delaney – David Torian is an Ivy League-educated lawyer and a onetime chief of staff to then-Rep. Michael McNulty (D-N.Y.). He has 23 years of experience in congressional and government relations, witnessed and practiced politics…
