By The PA. AFL-CIO – Defending our State Wine and Spirits Stores from the privateers has been an ongoing fight for such a long time that it almost risks fading into the background noise of a dysfunctional State Legislature, but…
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PFT President Jerry Jordan releases statement on the SRC’s vote to outsource substitutes
– From PFT President Jerry Jordan: “Once again, the School Reform Commission is using the budget crisis as an excuse to privatize public education, one position at a time. “Voting to give the management of substitutes to Source4Teachers is not…
Nine black lives taken, nine families broken, our endurance shaken
By James Peterson – This is not a think piece. It’s a feel piece. Today in #BlackLivesMatter news, we are presented with an untenable conundrum: to continue discussing the real consequences of the socially constructed nature of race — the…
SRC approves $34M deal to outsource substitutes; union vows challenge
By Kristen A. Graham – The School Reform Commission voted Thursday night to outsource more than 1,000 substitute-teaching jobs, awarding a $34 million contract to a Cherry Hill firm to recruit, hire, and manage the workers for two years. The…
Urgent Action! Fast Track Re-Vote Is Imminent
By The PA. AFL-CIO – Please call or email your member of Congress to Vote No on the Entire Trade Package which includes Fast Track and TAA We thank you for helping defeat the trade package on Friday June 12…
