By The PFT – The Court has ruled that the District had no legal right to cancel the PFT contract On October 6, 2014. PHILADELPHIA–In a unanimous opinion issued this week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court emphatically held that the Philadelphia…
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12 News Guild bargaining units ratify three-year contract with major newspaper chain
By Bill Ross, Executive Director, Newspaper Guild 10, of Greater Philadelphia – The last of 12 Guild bargaining units nationwide ratified a tentative agreement with Digital First Media Thursday night, culminating a seven-month campaign for the first pay increase in…
Trump Taj Mahal announces it will close (1200 Workers Lose Jobs to Carl Icahn’s disgraceful Corporate Greed)
By NICHOLAS HUBA and CHRISTIAN HETRICK – ATLANTIC CITY — The owners of Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort said Wednesday that the casino will close after Labor Day weekend, blaming striking Unite Here Local 54 workers for preventing a “path…
Unions honed strategies at the DNC
By Jane M. Von Bergen – Infrastructure. That’s what John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty wants from Hillary Clinton, if she becomes the next president of the United States. “I’m going to lobby for a subway from here to the Navy Yard,”…
Clinton offers vision of nation ‘stronger together’
By Thomas Fitzgerald and Jonathan Tamari – Hillary Clinton offered a confident vision Thursday night of a nation “stronger together” and capable of overcoming the forces of division to build a future with greater opportunity for all Americans despite pressing…
