How is that Legal?: The Community Legal Services Podcast
Breaking down systemic racism, one law at a time…
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Higher Ed Dive: The Closure of UArts
“Somebody lost their moral compass in letting the school fall to its demise right now,” said Carol Moore, a former associate dean at UArts and founding director of its fine arts master’s in studio art. “It feels like a total abandonment. It didn’t happen overnight. The decision to abandon it with seemingly no sense of…
Saxby’s Workers Unionizing with Joint Board
SAXBYS BARISTAS: TAKE ACTION TOGETHER, BUILDING A BETTER SAXBYS SAXBYS BARISTAS ARE BUILDING A UNION FOR BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS. THEY ARE JOINING HUNDREDS OF BARISTAS IN PHILADELPHIA WHO HAVE UNITED AROUND COMMON GOALS ACROSS COMPANIES LIKE STARBUCKS, ELIXR, REANIMATOR, VIBRANT, GREEN LINE CAFE, ULTIMO, AND BLUESTONE LANE. IF YOU ARE A BARISTA AT SAXBYS, JOIN…
CATA – Farmworkers’ Support Committee Statement on the 2024 Presidential Election
We know that the work is going to be harder for the next few years. It’s going to require an unfair amount of energy and resilience, but we cannot let hopelessness and frustration tire us out, we can’t give up. We cannot continue to let politicians manipulate people’s frustration with their economic situation into a…
Domestic Workers Alliance and 12 other labor groups in solidarity action in City Council
On the first day of the City Council’s session, we were out in full force to win new anti-retaliation protections for all Philly workers and fully fund the Office of Worker Protections in 2024! Dozens of workers and supporters along with 12 local organizations showed up at City Hall to talk to Councilmembers about the challenges they face on the job and…
City Council Unanimous’ Resolution in Support of CCP Staff Union
Philadelphia City Council passes Unianimous Resolution in support of CCP Union On Thursday, October 31st, 2024, Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a resolution in support of you and your coworkers! The resolution also insisted on “living wages that account for inflation and reflect the experience and qualifications of all employees,” and acknowledged that working conditions are…
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…