– The following letter in opposition to NB 1722 was sent to every PA Legislator in the Philadelphia Delegation: On behalf of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, I write to you to once again express the Federation’s vehement opposition to…
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50,000 lose jobless benefits for not signing up on Pa. employment site
By Holly Otterbein – More than 50,000 Pennsylvania residents have lost unemployment benefits since last summer because they failed to meet a new state requirement to register on a job-listings website. Advocates for the unemployed attribute the problem to technical…
SEPTA’s trains rolling again, but labor dispute far from over
By Jared Shelly – Commuters expressed a collective sigh of relief Monday morning, as SEPTA’s Regional Rail trains were running on schedule. A weekend strike by 400 workers was short-lived after President Barack Obama forced the creation of a presidential…
Happy Fathers Day 2014 From PhillyLabor.com!
We would like to wish all the fathers of the labor movement, who work hard and dedicate your lives everyday to standing up for what you believe in so that your children and future generations will have a better life,…
No deal: SEPTA Regional Rail workers announce strike
By Emma Jacobs – All thirteen SEPTA Regional Rail lines have stopped operating due to a labor stoppage. The 220 members of the Brotherhood of Local Engineers and Trainmen and the 210 members of Electrical Workers Local 744 walked off…
