By the AFL-CIO – AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement in reaction to new rules to modernize workplace injury reporting and protect workers who report injuries. The new OSHA injury reporting rules will bring workplace injury and illness…
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APWU Says Court ‘Made the Right Call’ in Staples/Office Depot Merger
For Immediate Release: 05/10/2016 – The following statement is from Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union: “U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan made the right call today, upholding the Federal Trade Commission’s decision to block a deeply…
Teachers at Agora Cyber Charter School Vote to Unionize
By Martha Woodall – Teachers at Agora Cyber Charter School – the second largest cyber in the state – have voted overwhelmingly to become unionized, a new local affiliate of the Pennsylvania State Education Association announced late Tuesday afternoon. The…
U.S. Labor Department fines two Philly area firms for failing to pay minimum wage
By Jane Von Bergan – Two Philadelphia companies that did not pay temporary workers the minimum wage agreed to pay $763,000 in back wages and damages to be distributed among 797 workers. Temporary workers who packaged jewelry at Stanley Creations…
Happy Mothers Day 2016 To All of The Mothers of The Labor Movement!
– On this Mother’s Day, 2016, PhillyLabor would like to acknowledge and thank all of the Mothers in the labor movement (present and past) for your eternal guidance, strength and love throughout the struggles of today and yesterday both on…
