– Today In PhillyLabor Radio Is Excited to Welcome PA. Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate, Tom Wolf to Today’s Broadcast Joining Our Featured Labor Guest, Lynn Fox, President of Workers United Along with Joe Scullin, Director of Tools For Meeting Life’s Challenges…
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After Disapproving Sale, City Council Issues Recommendations On PGW
– Hearings to Be Held to Explore Opportunities to Enhance PGW’s Performance & Make Philadelphia a Regional Energy Hub – Following an exhaustive review of the Nutter Administration’s effort to privatize the Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW), City Council on Monday…
Union Members Vote Unanimously To Authorize SEPTA Strike If Necessary
– Members of TWU Local 234 turned out in large numbers for a union meeting in Philadelphia on Sunday. Members voted unanimously to authorize union leadership to call a strike at SEPTA if necessary. Members of TWU Local 234, include…
The city of Philadelphia has new health coverage rules for workers who don’t belong to a union
By Taunya English – Starting Jan. 1, nonunion workers will pay an extra $15 if they fill a prescription at a pharmacy that also sells cigarettes. That new fee will be tacked on to the usual co-payment for prescription drugs….
SEPTA union to hold strike authorization vote Sunday
By Jared Shelly – SEPTA’s largest union puts its labor situation succinctly: “The day of reckoning is fast approaching.” That was the opening line of a letter to the workers that control the city’s buses and subways. It’s alerting them…
