By Jane M. Von Bergen – On NFL Draft Day – one of the biggest events in sports, and a big-ticket marketing opportunity for sponsors such as Verizon Communications Inc. – the National Football League Players Association lined up alongside…
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4/26 – Pa. AFL-CIO endorsed candidates in contested primaries for today’s primary election
Special Election: April 26, 2016 State Senate District Party Candidate 9 D Marty Molloy April 26, 2016 Primary Election Statewide Office Party Candidate US Senate D Katie McGinty United State Congress District Party Candidate 2 D Chaka Fattah 7 D…
4/25 – Take Action! Vote In Tomorrow’s Primary Election!
By The PA. AFL-CIO – Primary Election Day is just a day away. Pennsylvanians will turn out in what could be record numbers to vote for their favorite presidential candidates along with other candidates for State and Federal office. Union…
More older workers are dying on the job
By Jane M. Von Bergen – The nation’s oldest workers are dying on the job — losing their lives at more than triple the rate of all workers. The U.S. Labor Department reported last week that 1,691 workers over the…
Sending call-center work overseas is a key issue in Verizon strike
By Jane M. Von Bergen – At a time when Verizon’s rivals Comcast and RCN Telecom Services are bringing customer-service calls back from overseas, the New York-based telecommunications giant is closing domestic call centers and sending some of the work…
