BY Joe Burns – Two thousand workers at the Kohler faucet plant in Northern Wisconsin have been walking the picket since November 16. Such a strike would have been commonplace decades ago. Nowadays it is a rarity. Major strikes of…
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Inquirer, DN owners ask some laid off staff to stay through Christmas
By Jeff Blumenthal – UPDATE: Newspaper Guild President Howard Gensler said that management asked 14 total employees from the Inquirer (7), Daily News (5) and Philly.com (2) to stay with the company until Dec. 27, when the 2016 payroll year…
Breaking – Harrisburg Finally Has a Budget Deal
By Holly Otterbein – Gov. Tom Wolf and Republican legislative leaders have finally cut a tentative budget deal, reports NewsWorks’ Kevin McCorry. It includes a historic increase in education funding, which is a major victory for Wolf. He promised to…
Worth a Second Look: Temple adjunct professors vote to unionize
Originally Posted on 11/26/15 By Susan Snyder – Temple University’s 1,400 adjunct professors will become part of the faculty union, after more than two-thirds of those voting approved the proposal. The tally – 609-266 – came after years of efforts…
At the first stop on Kenney’s listening tour, schools dominate discussion
By Dan Kelley – Want to bend the new mayor’s ear? You’ve got a few chances this week. Mayor-elect Jim Kenney is holding a series of town halls every night this week to feel the pulse of the city. Hundreds…
