– From AFSCME DISTRICT COUNCIL 33 & 47 – Philadelphia Works Because We Do! Keep the Pressure On – Stand and Fight Back!!! Join AFSCME District Councils 33 & 47 as they continue to take the fight to Mayor 1%…

Phillylabor.com Editorial: Privatization Without Consideration
– Because Government can not seem to manage it’s own affairs and programs properly, the new big thing is to seek Privatization by subbing out and hiring a private business to come in and cut corners without consideration for the…
GOP’s anti-union wing wants PA Right to Work rule
– POSTED: Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 10:03 AM – Joseph N. DiStefano, Philly.com – http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-phillydeals/GOPs-anti-union-wing-wants-PA-Right-to-Work-rule.html – State Representatives Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler), Stephen Bloom (R-Cumberland), Jim Cox (R-Berks), Fred Keller (R-Union/Snyder), Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Schuylkill), and Kathy Rapp (R-Warren), joined by private…
IATSE LOCAL 8 – MEDIA ADVISORY – STAGEHANDS LOCAL 8 TO HOST PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE STRIKE AGAINST PHILADELPHIA THEATER COMPANY (SUZANNE ROBERTS THEATER);
UNION INVOKES LEGACY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING’S FIGHT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AS THEATER PREPARES TO OPEN PLAY ABOUT DR. KING’S FINAL HOURS WHO: Members of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees Local 8 (Stagehands), led by President Mike…
Thousands to rally on Independence Mall to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. by standing for a Better Philadelphia for ALL.
– Press Advisory – Dateline: Philadelphia, PA Thursday, January 16, 2013, 10:00 am Contact: Kevin Hanes, AFSCME, 412-330-9930, khanes@afscme.org Rachel Noerdlinger (Rev. Sharpton) (646) 981-5903, Rachel@noerdlingermedia.com Jae-Rei Wang (Arlene Holt Baker, AFL-CIO) (202) 679-2406, jwang@aflcio.org Bob Wolper, 215-896-2970 Sources: AFSCME…