By The Associated Press – ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) – One of the nation’s largest police unions won’t hold its annual picnic at a Pennsylvania amusement park after learning how officials treated an employee with special needs. The (Allentown) Morning Call…
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IBEW LOCAL 98 Launches DRONE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM
– IBEW Local 98 in Philadelphia is flying high – literally. The union is using drones to record footage from high above targeted work sites. Local 98 has three drones to check on construction sites and to film 98’s own…
STOP The TPP: National Call-In Days Monday And Tuesday
By The Pa. AFL-CIO – With officials from the twelve countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) convening in New Zealand today to formally sign the agreement, President Trumka joined Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and many of our allies on…
Could a New NLRB Case Limit Bosses’ Best Anti-Union Tool, the Captive Audience Meeting?
BY Shaun Richman – The captive audience meeting, “management’s most important weapon” in an anti-union campaign, is finally being challenged in a petition to the National Labor Relations Board that could help re-balance the scales in union representation elections. Held…
Union Membership On The Rise In Pennsylvania
By the PA. AFL-CIO – Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows workers represented by a labor union grew by 50,000 in the last year When it comes to declining union membership in the United States, Pennsylvania is bucking the national…
