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8/25 – Workers Fear For Their Lives On Non-Union Job Site

“A Personal Story Told By Those in Fear”

Tune in this Saturday 8/25 @7pm to Talk Radio 1210 WPHT to Saturday Night Live w/PhillyLabor and join Joe Doc, Joe Krause, Special Guest Sam Pond along with Ed Penna Jr. to listen to the shocking stories of 4 non-union workers as they describe nightmarish working conditions from their Philadelphia job-site so dangerous they fear for their lives on a daily basis!

Listen live at 1210AM on your radio dial or online at: https://player.radio.com/listen/station/talk-radio-1210-wpht#.W1NpIX4nZTY

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Pat Eiding, Rick Bloomingdale & Area Labor Leaders Discuss The Janus Decision and The Future of Labor

– 6/30 Tonight @ 7pm on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT Saturday Night Live w/PhillyLabor Co-Hosts Joe Dougherty & Joe Krause Present The President’s Hour w/Philly AFL-CIO President, Pat Eiding featuring Pa. Afl-CIO Pres. Rick Bloomingdale, Dan Bauder/Phily AFL-CIO, Fred Wright/DC 47, Lou Agre/Philly Metal Trades, Patty Eakin/PASNAP.

https://tunein.com/radio/Talk-Radio-1210-WPHT-s21950/

Philly white-collar union members ratify contract

by Robert Moran, Philly.com Staff Writer

– Members of AFSCME District Council 47, the city’s white-collar union, on Wednesday ratified a new three-year contract, Mayor Kenney said.

Under the agreement, members will receive a 3 percent pay raise retroactive to July 1, 2017; an increase of 2.5 percent starting July 1, 2018; and 3 percent again on July 1, 2019.
Starting Jan. 1, 2019, members will contribute more toward their pensions based on their salary and whether they are current or new members to the unions.