By Alison Burdo – Several local elected officials joined dozens of Philadelphia International Airport workers who demonstrated Thursday morning to call for a higher wage and better working conditions. The strike, which started with a wave of contracted PHL employees…
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Letters: Extend subway to the Navy Yard
– RECENTLY, I joined a group of business leaders and bipartisan elected officials – including U.S. Sens. Bob Casey and Pat Toomey, U.S. Reps. Bob Brady and Pat Meehan, state Sen. John Rafferty, state Rep. Bill Keller and Mayor-elect Jim…
How a ‘Right to Your Job’ Law Could Help Unions Fight Back Against ‘Right to Work’
BY Shaun Richman – The sword of Damocles hangs over the head of the American labor movement. This spring the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on Friedrichs vs. CTA, a case that could end automatic union membership in all government…
Wage theft ‘czar’ on the way for Philly
By Tom MacDonald – Philadelphia City Council is getting serious about wage theft — the illegal under payment or non-payment of wages. A bill proposed by council to create a city office to address the issue has some teeth. Councilman…
Take Action! Tell The State Senate To Raise The Minimum Wage!
By The Pa. AFL-CIO – Budget negotiations on the hill have picked up in recent days, with word of a budget compromise in the works and new activity on several legislative initiatives as members of the legislature seek to take…
