From Philly Labor – A 60 Minutes Segment that aired tonight demonstrated the future of automation in the work place and how robots will be replacing people at alarming rates. At one point, it demonstrated that a $22,000.00 Robot working…
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End to NHL Strike signifies back to work for UFCW Local 1776 members working at WellsFargo Arena.
Sure it’s going to be great to finally watch some Flyers hockey now that the NHL strike is over but lets not forget those UFCW Local 1776 members who will finally get to go back to work at the WellsFargo…
Labor’s Top Local and National Stories of 2012
2012 will be remembered as a very important year in the history of the labor movement — a year in which unions across the Philadelphia region and the nation banded together in solidarity to take action on a plethora of…
President Obama Wins Re-Election – Phillylabor’s Top Stories of 2012
In what many said was the most important election in the history of the labor movement in America, against anti-labor GOP candidate, Mitt Romney, who vowed to repeal Davis-Bacon, Project labor agreements and to enact “Right To Work” legislation across…
SEIU 32 BJ District 1201 Leaders Fend off Privatization, Save Union & 2700 Jobs – PhillyLabor’s Top Stories of 2012
In a long and stressful negotiation with the school district of Philadelphia with potentially catastrophic circumstances in the balance, SEIU 32 BJ District 1201 union leaders, George Ricchezza, Dennis Biondo and Co. representing the school district’s blue collar school employees…
