BY Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President “The Trans-Pacific Partnership threatens to send even more American jobs oversea” In the week before Valentine’s Day, United Technologies expressed its love for its devoted Indiana employees, workers whose labor had kept the corporation…
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Johnny Doc says he acted in self-defense, claims Inquirer reporting ‘irresponsible’
By John Kopp The electricians union leader says newspaper acted with a ‘false urgency’ Labor leader John Dougherty says he acted in self-defense during a physical altercation with a nonunion contractor in January, claiming a story published Tuesday by The…
Clarke seeks legal nudge to make city-supported businesses give Philly job applicants priority
By Katie Colaneri Philadelphia Council President Darrell Clarke wants to make sure projects getting tax breaks and other subsidies are making enough of an effort to hire city residents.Since 2012, businesses getting more than $250,000 in taxpayer support are expected…
How a Philadelphia union turned drone technology into a key tool for protest
By Ryan Schuessler – Private drones were deployed this week to monitor an electrical workers’ strike to protect members from false legal claims, reigniting the ‘very tricky issue’ of how to regulate drones used for activism. From a small drone…
TPP Would Further Emasculate America
By Leo W. Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers – A century ago, Carl Sandburg dubbed Chicago the City of Big Shoulders: “hog butcher for the world, tool maker, stacker of wheat, player with railroads and the nation’s freight handler; stormy,…
