We’re grateful and blown away that Daniel’s article on 10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won has gone viral with over 1.3 million views. It’s a helpful piece to acknowledge different roles and ways of processing. Waging Nonviolence published some follow-up articles by nonviolent expert Maria Stephan on How we can meet the challenges of…
The 861 resident physicians and fellows become fourth group of doctors in Pennsylvania to unionize, election results at other hospitals to be announced in the coming days Philadelphia, PA, Jan. 16 – Late last night, resident physicians and fellows employed by Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals (Jefferson Health) voted overwhelmingly to unionize – joining the Committee of…
By Kathleen Cancio · Thursday, January 02, 2025 Photo: Philly Cultural Workers United After 16 months of negotiations, workers at Please Touch Museum United have approved their first collective bargaining agreement. The workers, who are part of AFSCME Local 397 (District Council 47) announced the Nov. 24 victory in an Instagram post. Contract highlights include paid parental leave, which…
Sign our petition to tell Aramark that the fans stand with the workers. Aramark must settle a contract which provides family-sustaining wages and healthcare benefits for year-round work. In recent years, Aramark has raised the price of a cheese pizza 50% at Lincoln Financial Field, 67% at the Wells Fargo Center, and a whopping 93%…
Whole Foods Workers in Philadelphia File to Unionize with UFCW 1776 November 22, 2024 (Philadelphia) – Workers at Whole Foods in Philadelphia, supported by UFCW Local 1776, have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to hold a union election. Workers at Philly Whole Foods issued the following statement: “Hello world! We are…
“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…
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…
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…