I want to give a shout out to my old high school football coaches Bob Wagner, Mike Gibbs, Rocky and company for their commitment to bringing more out of me than I ever thought possible in the days of my…
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Take Action: 59 Hours To Stop Attacks On Workers
By the PA. AFL-CIO – Silly season has officially descended on Harrisburg, with the State Budget and the horse trading on various pieces of union-busting legislation playing out like a real life game of whack-a-job. Just in the past day,…
Urgent Action Needed: Public And Private Sector Jobs Under Attack Now
From the PA. AFL-CIO: Four Days Until Budget Deadline. E-Mail Your Legislators Now at: http://act.aflcio.org/c/236/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=6779 – With only days remaining before the General Assembly breaks for their summer recess, some legislators in Harrisburg are trying to use these final hours…
Lack of common sense prevails in prevailing wage debate: Editorial
By Patriot-News Editorial Board The Patriot-News – As legislative leaders try to round up votes in the state House for the badly-needed transportation funding bill, some recalcitrant Republicans have signaled that they might come aboard in return for passing a…
Hostess, but not its workers, makes a comeback
by Laura Clawson for Daily Kos Labor – Twinkies are coming back! The jobs of most of the workers who used to make Twinkies and other Hostess cakes, and their union, are not coming back. Which the Associated Press presents…
