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…
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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…
Mass DC Rally Commemorates 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
From the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO This August will mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the massive rally initiated by civil rights and union leader A. Philip Randolph at which Dr. Martin Luther King…
A union stalwart joins Convention Center board
Peter Van Allen: Philadelphia Business Journal – A longtime leader of the one of the unions at Pennsylvania Convention Center has been appointed to its board. Ed Coryell Sr. of the Carpenters union, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of…
