By The PA. AFL-CIO The Labor Movement in Northeast Pennsylvania turned up the heat on Dick Yuengling, the billionaire owner of Pottsville based D.G. Yuengling and son Inc., for supporting union busting right-to-work (for less) bills in Pennsylvania. Dick Yuengling…
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Fighting To Save Sweet Jobs At The legendary Kraft/Nabisco Factory
By The Philly Public Record – The legendary Kraft/Nabisco factory at the corner of Roosevelt Boulevard & Byberry Road may be closing. The sweet smells from this factory have enchanted the noses of Roosevelt Boulevard drivers and neighbors for years….
Black Friday: Walmart Workers Taking Action on Biggest Shopping Day of the Year
By Jobs With Justice – Recently, more than 50 Walmart associates and supporters were arrested in downtown Los Angeles in the largest civil disobedience in the company’s history. The protesters called on the company to end retaliation against workers that…
Why the new SRC chair will be more of the same profound disappointment
By Daniel Denvir – Gov. Tom Corbett will soon choose a new chairperson of the School Reform Commission (SRC). Angry teachers, students and parents will likely (and probably rightfully) eventually find themselves screaming at this person. If Corbett makes a…
A Fight Builds Over Multi-Employer Pensions. Unions are stepping up to oppose a likely bill in Congress to slash benefits.
BY Cole Stangler – As Congress inches toward proposing legislation that would arguably enable the most significant changes to private pension law in decades, opposition from organized labor is slowly mounting. In addition to the Machinists, the first union to…
