Thousands of resident doctors in Philadelphia want to unionize
Thousands of resident doctors across five major hospital systems in the Philadelphia region want to unionize. Residents from Jefferson Health, Einstein Healthcare Network, Temple Health, ChristianaCare and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia rallied in front of the former site of Hahnemann Hospital Thursday night to say that they want union contracts with benefits. Among their…
Teamsters Local 623: Winter Strike Against Amazon
Workers to Strike $2 Trillion Corporation Nationwide on Thursday Press Contact: Kara Deniz Email: [email protected] (WASHINGTON) – The Teamsters will launch the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history beginning at 6 a.m. EST on Thurs., Dec. 19. The nationwide action follows Amazon’s repeated refusal to follow the law and bargain with the thousands of Amazon…
Whole Foods Workers File for First-Ever Union, Defying Amazon
With a rich history stretching back to 1682, Philadelphia boasts the nation’s first library, its first hospital, its first daily newspaper, even its first zoo. Now, a tenacious group of grocery store workers wants to earn the City of Brotherly Love another accomplishment: the nation’s first unionized Whole Foods Market. On November 22, Whole Foods Workers United officially declared its intention…
Sign the No Contract, No Coffee Pledge for the Starbucks Workers Union
Strike Statement this December:Union Starbucks Partners Vote Overwhelmingly to Authorize Strike as Bargaining Enters Final Stages Starbucks Workers United baristas announced Tuesday morning that they have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, if necessary, to win fair raises, benefits and staffing, protest unfair labor practices, and resolve outstanding litigation with Starbucks. An overwhelming 98 percent…
PhillyGives Story on Vietlead’s advocacy
During an interview in VietLead’s cramped offices in a South Philadelphia Asian shopping center, Chu Bach began to cry. It’s all too much — too much trauma, too much pain, too much fear. What if he never came back? What if immigration grabbed him and deported him? What if he never saw his wife and…
The Save Chinatown Campaign and Petition
Historical & Cultural Significance of Chinatown For 150 years, Philadelphia’s Chinatown has been the cultural heart of Philly’s Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, and our community is worth fighting for. Chinatown has been the place where we share community, culture, and language. It is where generations of immigrants have found home. It is where…
Join a New Sanctuary Movement committee or email list
About the New Sanctuary Movement: Our Work Through grassroots organizing led by affected immigrants, we fight and win immigrant justice campaigns with our members across nationality, faith, class, and immigration status. Our community organizing in Philadelphia builds power in immigrant communities to alter the power imbalance, organizes direct action campaigns, builds the individual and collective…
Sanctuary Schools Campaign Update – Juntos
March 2024 marks exactly three years since a pregnant immigrant mother was detained outside a public elementary school in South Philadelphia, an arrest that sparked widespread fear and concern for immigrant and newcomer students and families. Despite the unanimous approval for the Welcoming Sanctuary Schools resolution in 2021, there have been continued instances of institutional…