by Dale Mezzacappa for the Notebook and Holly Otterbein for NewsWorks – With new money for Philadelphia schools coming in at a trickle, even though schools are just six weeks from opening under a doomsday scenario, Superintendent William Hite said…
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Thank You, Strike Again: How low-wage service workers are changing the face of labor
BY David Moberg As a worker at The Protein Bar, a quick-service eatery in Chicago’s glitzy North Michigan Avenue shopping district, Amie Crawford is very important to America’s unions: Even though she doesn’t belong to one, she may be a…
Unions React To Obamacare Delay: While the Right seizes a chance to crow, the labor movement expresses real anxieties.
BY David Moberg – For In These Times – Like many previous presidencies, the Obama administration may have thought it would escape intense public scrutiny of a public policy shift if it quietly released the news late in the day…
Labor And Community Activists Gather In Pittsburgh For 54th Annual PA AFL-CIO Community Services Institute
By the PA. AFL-CIO The 54th annual Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Community Services Institute kicked off on Wednesday at the Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh South. Workshops and seminars continue through Saturday, as participants learn strategies for building community partnerships, planning community actions, and…
PA GOP Chair Says Voter Disenfranchisement Helped In 2012
From the PA. AFL-CIO – Last summer, House Majority Leader Mike Turzai caused a national firestorm when he was caught on video at the Republican State Convention saying “Voter ID, which is going to allow Governor Romney to win the…
