By Susan Snyder – Faculty in the 14-university Pennsylvania state system will vote next month on whether to authorize a strike, their union announced Thursday. Faculty will vote on the 14 campuses from Sept. 7 to 9, the union said….
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Graduate Students Can Unionize at Private Colleges, U.S. Labor Panel Rules
By Melanie Trottman and Melissa Korn – A federal labor board ruled that graduate students who teach at private universities are employees with full rights to join unions, a sweeping decision that paves the way for student unionization on campuses…
PA Supreme Court Rules in Favor of the PFT!
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…
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…
