From UFCW PA. – Below is Wendell W. Young, IV’s response to the Herald-Standard’s article published on October 16, 2013. The story examined Corbett’s continued efforts to sell-off the PA Wine and Spirits Stores despite how the stores are an…
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Federal Workers Set To Get First Pay Raise In Three Years
By Bryce Covert – Federal workers’ pay has been frozen for three years, but in President Obama’s budget proposal for next year, he included a 1 percent raise that would occur by default if Congress didn’t pass legislation mandating other…
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Calls On Corbett Administration To Stop Misleading Voters On ID Law
By The PA. AFL-CIO – Over the summer, the Commonwealth Court heard arguments during a 12-day trial challenging the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s Voter ID law. The law, passed by the legislature and signed by Governor Corbett in the spring of…
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on GOP Shutdown and Debt Ceiling
October 17, 2013 Finally — after more than two weeks of government shutdown, with hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work and billions of dollars in avoidable losses — Republican leaders have stood down. While it is good news…
As PA waits for decision, judge who originally upheld Voter ID recants
by Randy LoBasso – Pennsylvania’s Voter ID law is stuck in limbo, and most experts on the issue don’t see the courts sorting it out, completely, within the next year or two. While we’re waiting, though, it would help everyone…
