By Samuel H. Pond Beware the wolf in sheep’s clothing. Samuel H. Pond Across the country, in state houses largely influenced by insurance industry interests, there is an insidious attack on workers’ rights masquerading as “workers’ compensation reform”. These sham…
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Letter: Give Civic Leader John Dougherty His Due
Give this civic leader his due Sunday’s Inquirer contained another attack on the character of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 leader John Dougherty (” ‘Johnny Doc’ gets an air force”). It is time to take notice of the…
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Convention Schedule
By The PA. AFL-CIO – Tuesday, April 5 through Thursday, April 7, 2016 Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Harrisburg, PA – Several prominent National and State leaders will be speaking at the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO’s 42nd Constitutional Convention next…
United Students Against Sweatshops Joins Staples Fight
By The American Postal Workers Union Students organized coordinated actions in nine cities to send a message to the office-supply chain: The U.S. Mail is NOT for Sale. – On the heels of their endorsement of the Stop Staples campaign…
Daniel Grace on defeating the soda tax
By Jane M. Von Bergen – Sitting in an office at the Pepsi Cola bottling plant in Northeast Philadelphia, union leader Daniel Grace, 57, pulled out his cheat sheet, statistics scribbled on the back of a pink telephone message pad….
