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Some 5,800 workers at Amazon's facility in Bessemer, Ala., held a historic vote on whether to form the company's first warehouse union. Bill Barrow/AP
NPR
Politics & Policy

It’s a no: Amazon warehouse workers vote against unionizing in historic election

Amazon avoided the prospect of a first unionized warehouse in America, where it's the 2nd-largest private employer. The Alabama vote prompted new national interest in unions.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Major Pennsylvania state contractor accused of fleecing employees to pump up profits

The State College-based construction and paving company has been paid more than $1.7 billion for state projects.

5 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall
PlanPhilly
Money

Philly pols eye wage and business tax cuts ahead of next city budget

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and Councilmember Allan Domb are mulling competing tax cut proposals.

5 years ago

6901 Elmwood Avenue in Philadelphia’s Eastwick neighborhood is the proposed site of an Amazon warehouse. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Amazon rebuffs concerns over warehouse that sidelined land deal for SEPTA trolleys

Negotiations are still underway for a forthcoming community benefits agreement. Amazon said it did not intend to make major alterations to its proposal.

5 years ago

Chef Zach Fortney at The Belvedere Inn stands for a portrait. (Kate Landis/WITF)
Health
WITF

Pa. restaurants expand service while grappling with COVID-19 case increase

Looser restrictions are complicated by a rise in cases fueled in part by more infectious variants.

5 years ago

Signage outside an AT&T store
Politics & Policy

Corporations gave over $50M to voting restriction backers

Corporations have given more than $50 million in recent years to state lawmakers who have seized on Trump’s lies about a stolen 2020 election to push for voting restrictions.

5 years ago

In this April 13, 2014 file photo, the Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (IRS) building is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
Money

Even with pretax profits, many big companies pay zero U.S. tax

The 55 companies named in the report issued Friday cross many industries, from agriculture to high tech, and they include such big names as Nike and Duke Energy.

5 years ago

File photo: New Jersey State Capitol building in Trenton. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

N.J. to offer $25 million in grants to ‘microbusinesses’ with up to 5 employees

New Jersey’s smallest businesses are the target of the state’s latest economic relief effort related to the coronavirus.

5 years ago

United Steelworkers members strike outside a metal supplier in Westmoreland County.
Politics & Policy

As Biden arrives in Pittsburgh to propose investments in American manufacturing, steelworkers are on strike

Picketers at nine Allegheny Technologies, Inc. facilities are demanding wage increases and better health care offerings. They hope Biden is paying attention.

5 years ago

Employees work inside an Amazon fulfillment center
Community

‘Lighting a fuse’: Amazon vote may spark more union pushes

The two sides are fully aware that it's not just the Bessemer warehouse on the line. Organizers hope what happens there will inspire workers nationwide to consider unionizing.

5 years ago

Workers at Amazon's fulfillment center in Staten Island, N.Y., gather outside to protest work condition
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Primed: New Amazon warehouse derails land deal for SEPTA trolley facility

SEPTA’s trolley modernization project faces a setback after Amazon outbid the agency on a Southwest Philadelphia parcel it wanted to turn into a trolley barn.

5 years ago

A jogger can be seen in the distance running in Wilmington
Health

Carney to expand Del. vaccine eligibility to residents 16 and older; outdoor restrictions eased amid rise in cases

Carney is opening up registration well ahead of President Joe Biden’s deadline. He’s also easing outdoor restrictions as cases and hospitalizations rise.

5 years ago

Performance of the play 'Hairspray' at the Kimmel Center
Arts & Entertainment

The Kimmel Center plans to bring Broadway shows back this fall

Shuttered by the pandemic, the downtown cultural campus announces its 2021-2022 lineup of Broadway shows. More programming is expected to be announced in the coming months.

5 years ago

High-resolution satellite imagery shows the Suez Canal and the container ship Ever Given that remains stuck north of the city of Suez, Egypt. ScapeWare3d/DigitalGlobe/Getty Images
NPR
Money

Here’s how a long shutdown of the Suez Canal might roil the global economy

One of the world's largest container ships is solidly lodged in the Suez Canal, blocking billions of dollars' worth of commerce each day.

5 years ago

Radio Times
Lifestyle

Adam Grant on “Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know”

Wharton School psychologist Adam Grant talks about his new book, "Think Again," on the importance of challenging and re-evaluating our beliefs.

Air Date: March 26, 2021 10:00 am

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