BY Shaun Richman – The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) was a bad bill, and it is deader than dead. It is time for labor to propose a comprehensive set of amendments to the nation’s primary collective bargaining law, the…
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Bobby Henon’s Promotion Is a Big Deal The Johnny Doc ally is Council’s new majority leader. Here’s why that matters.
By Holly Otterbein – City Councilman Bobby Henon got a promotion this week: His Democratic colleagues unanimously elected him to be their new majority leader, a position on the body that is second only to Council President Darrell Clarke. You’re…
Wolf administration makes down payment on education funding, favoring districts hurt by cuts
By Paul Socolar – Following up on Gov. Wolf’s line-item veto of a Republican budget package last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Education has released its plan for distributing six months’ worth of education aid to school districts across the…
1/4/16 – Jim Kenney, Philadelphia’s 99th mayor, takes office today
By ERRIN HAINES WHACK Associated Press – Philadelphia Mayor-elect Jim Kenney bristles at the label “progressive.” “How about fairness?” he said in a recent interview. “When you know something’s unfair, it’s unfair. There are certain things that you have to…
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Applauds Wolf’s Line-Item Veto Of Mike Turzai’s “Garbage” Budget
By The Pa. AFL-CIO – Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Rick Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder share Governor Wolf’s frustration and anger towards the Republican leadership in the State House, who decided last week to leave town rather than finish their work…
