By The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers PHILADELPHIA–“In light of the unmitigated fiasco that is Source4Teachers, the District’s plan to repeat the same failed experiment with Kelly Services is absolutely mind-boggling. “When the District first announced plans to outsource substitute services…
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Pa. bill would punish US firms for moving jobs overseas
By Joseph N. DiStefano – Citing a loss of U.S. call-center jobs that companies have moved to foreign countries amid a Presidential campaign that has candidates for both parties decrying job losses tied to trade treaties, a labor union representing…
Workers Fighting Corporate Greed Rally: Support Verizon Workers
By The Pa. AFL-CIO – Rally with CWA/IBEW Verizon workers, joined by CWA District 2-13 Vice President, Ed Mooney; Central Pa Area Labor Federation Director, Zach Hause; Harrisburg Region Central Labor Council President, David Gash; Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Rick Bloomingdale…
Letters: Samuel Staten Sr.: A Legend and Pioneer
By John J. Dougherty – The Philadelphia building trades mourn the loss of Samuel Staten Sr., 80, the former business manager of Laborers Local 332, former secretary-treasurer of the Laborers’ District Council of the Metropolitan Area of Philadelphia and Vicinity,…
Railway union members rage against Amtrak at Workers’ Memorial Day
By Jane M. Von Bergen – The tears were there, as usual, under a gray sky that wept along with those gathered Friday by the Delaware River for Workers’ Memorial Day to honor people killed on the job. But there…
