By Bastiaan Slabbers – Joyce Craig can never be repaid for the sacrifice she made, said Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Derrick Sawyer as he closed his brief remarks in front of the Lawncrest fire house on Rising Sun Avenue Wednesday evening….
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Federal Trade Commission to Challenge Merger of Staples, Office Depot; ‘Important Victory for Consumers and Businesses,’ Dimondstein Says
By The American Postal Workers Union – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today that it would seek to stop the proposed merger of Staples and Office Depot, the nation’s largest and second-largest office-supply chains. The agency filed an “administrative…
The Entire Labor Movement Should Be Paying Attention to Wisconsin’s Kohler Strike
BY Joe Burns – Two thousand workers at the Kohler faucet plant in Northern Wisconsin have been walking the picket since November 16. Such a strike would have been commonplace decades ago. Nowadays it is a rarity. Major strikes of…
Inquirer, DN owners ask some laid off staff to stay through Christmas
By Jeff Blumenthal – UPDATE: Newspaper Guild President Howard Gensler said that management asked 14 total employees from the Inquirer (7), Daily News (5) and Philly.com (2) to stay with the company until Dec. 27, when the 2016 payroll year…
Breaking – Harrisburg Finally Has a Budget Deal
By Holly Otterbein – Gov. Tom Wolf and Republican legislative leaders have finally cut a tentative budget deal, reports NewsWorks’ Kevin McCorry. It includes a historic increase in education funding, which is a major victory for Wolf. He promised to…
