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…
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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…
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Urges Governor Corbett to Reverse his Decision On Lottery Privatization
By the PA. AFL-CIO – Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Rick Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder today urged Governor Tom Corbett to reverse his decision to extend his bid to privatize the Pennsylvania lottery with foreign-based Camelot Global Services….
