By The PA. AFL-CIO – The Harrisburg Patriot News ran an extensive Front-Page Article (http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/10/house_leadership_striving_towa.html) in their Sunday edition over the weekend, reporting on the current status of the transportation funding bill, and on Republican efforts to tie any new…
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Wendell Young IV Responds to Herald-Standard
From UFCW PA. – Below is Wendell W. Young, IV’s response to the Herald-Standard’s article published on October 16, 2013. The story examined Corbett’s continued efforts to sell-off the PA Wine and Spirits Stores despite how the stores are an…
Federal Workers Set To Get First Pay Raise In Three Years
By Bryce Covert – Federal workers’ pay has been frozen for three years, but in President Obama’s budget proposal for next year, he included a 1 percent raise that would occur by default if Congress didn’t pass legislation mandating other…
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Calls On Corbett Administration To Stop Misleading Voters On ID Law
By The PA. AFL-CIO – Over the summer, the Commonwealth Court heard arguments during a 12-day trial challenging the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s Voter ID law. The law, passed by the legislature and signed by Governor Corbett in the spring of…
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on GOP Shutdown and Debt Ceiling
October 17, 2013 Finally — after more than two weeks of government shutdown, with hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work and billions of dollars in avoidable losses — Republican leaders have stood down. While it is good news…
