By Dave Jamieson (Scroll Down To Bottom For a Brief PhillyLabor.com Editorial) – WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) have proposed an amendment to a workplace discrimination bill in the hopes of creating…
Tuesday, November 5th Is Election Day In PA! Please Remember To Vote! NO Photo ID Required!
By The PA. AFL-CIO – Odd year elections in Pennsylvania are notoriously low turnout, in spite of the very real consequences of the outcomes of these contests. In these years we elect our judges; our township, borough, city, and county…
A Call for an Economic Bill for the 21st Century
By GREGORY N. HEIRES – Nearly 70 years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed that everyone has the right to a job with decent wage, his message continues to ring true. The economy of the 21st century remains mired in…
IBEW 98 Halloween Commercial Promotes Deconstructing Post Brothers Documentary
IBEW Local #98 released a new Halloween-themed TV commercial that promotes the “Deconstructing Post Brothers” documentary. The commercial features an animation of IBEW #98 Business Manager, John J. Dougherty, in a ghostly Halloween setting exposing hazardous job site photos of…
2013 Philaposh Awards Honor Area Professionals Committed to Workers Health and Safety on the Job
– Philaposh, an organization whose mission since 1975, has been “the prevention of injury, disease and death on the job through information, education, technical assistance and political action”, is hosting it’s 29th annual awards banquet on Friday, November 22, 2013…