By AP / Josh Boak — U.S. workers boosted their productivity from July through September at the fastest pace since the end of 2009, adding to signs of stronger economic growth. The Labor Department said Monday that productivity increased at…
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On the One Year Anniversary of Newtown, We Remember, We Honor and We Fight For Safer Schools
In Their Memory – On this, the one year anniversary of the tragedy in Newtown, Philly Labor dedicates all posts to the memory of the brave teachers and beautiful children who senselessly lost their lives that day. In honor of…
Job Protection Isn’t Enough: Why America Needs Paid Parental Leave
By Heather Boushey, Jane Farrell, and John Schmitt – Twenty years ago, the Family and Medical Leave Act, or FMLA, was signed into law. The FMLA granted certain workers new and important rights, including the ability to take up to…
New study shows potential for 152,077 jobs in the Commonwealth in three years
From the PA. AFL-CIO (Richard W. Bloomingdale, President – Frank Snyder, Secretary-Treasurer) – Closing federal tax loopholes, enacting tax fairness provisions would raise revenue and support job growth in Pennsylvania Today the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees…
Supreme Court Dismisses Mulhall v. Unite Here, Giving Labor a Lucky Escape
By Moshe Marvit – Unions dodged a bullet today when the Supreme Court took the unusual step of dismissing the strange and possibly disastrous case of Mulhall v. Unite Here Local 355 as “improvidently granted.” Though the dismissal leaves some…
