By Vince Lattanzio A Pennsylvania judge has halted the demotion of more than a dozen recently promoted Philadelphia Fire Department lieutenants and captains pending a court decision. Five captains and nine fire lieutenants were set to lose their titles on…
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Urgent Action! House Labor Committee Approves Another Anti-Prevailing Wage Bill
By The PA. AFL-CIO – E-mail your Representative now at: http://act.aflcio.org/c/236/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=7178 and tell them to vote NO on HB 1538. According to data released earlier this month, the income gap between the top 1 percent and the remainder of workers…
Labor And Business Leaders, Along With Legislators, Call For Passage Of Transportation Funding Plan Now
By The PA. AFL-CIO – Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Snyder joined in leading a broad coalition of unions, business groups and state legislators of both parties in support of passage of transportation infrastructure funding to invest in all…
Reminder: Today, September 24, 2013 is National Voter Registration Day! Have You and Your Family Members Registered to Vote yet?
Attention Philadelphia Area Union Community and Supporters, Just a Reminder that Today, September 24, 2013, is National Voter Registration Day! In 2008, 6 million Americans didn’t vote because they didn’t know how to register or they missed their state’s voter…
Councilman Bobby Henon To Speak on the State of Manufacturing in Philadelphia
By The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce – Due in large part to an ample supply of low-cost natural gas, Greater Philadelphia’s manufacturing sector is growing, generating some $50 billion in sales and supporting more than 65,000 jobs in the…
