– Today, June 5, 2014, marks the first anniversary of the building collapse that killed six in Center City Philadelphia nears, efforts continue to construct a memorial park at the site where the Salvation Army thrift store stood. The process…
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German union official on VW U.S. organizing: ‘We will not be beaten’
By David Shepardson and Karl Henkel – The head of Volkswagen AG’s global works council said the union still wants a German-style works council for workers at VW’s assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., vowing to step up the fight despite…
USW Demands Action on Unfair Trade as U.S. Steel Announces Layoffs in Pennsylvania and Texas
Contact: Tony Montana at (412)562-2592, tmontana@usw.org – The United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard today issued the following statement after U.S. Steel announced plans to idle tube operations in Pennsylvania and Texas, which will lead to an indefinite…
PA-Gov: Rasmussen Poll: Wolf 51% Corbett 31%
By Nick Field, Managing Editor – Democratic nominee Tom Wolf has gotten quite the post-primary bounce. In the first poll released after the former Department of Revenue Secretary won the Democratic primary, Tom Wolf holds a twenty point lead over…
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation seeks to overturn union rights for home care workers
By Laura Clawson – It’s Supreme Court decision season, and one case to watch for is Harris v. Quinn, in which the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is seeking essentially to overturn union rights for home care workers….
