Employment
Psychology professor Tessa West on why job satisfaction doesn't mean you have to love for your work. Her new book is "Job Therapy: Finding Work that Works for You."
Air Date: January 31, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:15Center City Whole Foods workers vote in favor of unionizing
Philadelphia union organizers say the vote is about more than just higher wages and better benefits. The store is on track to become the first in the U.S. to unionize.
4 days ago
Resident doctors at major Philadelphia-area hospitals voted whether to form unions.
3 weeks ago
Listen 1:46Biden rejects Nippon Steel’s proposed deal to acquire Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel
The proposal raised concerns about what the transaction could mean for unionized workers, supply chains and U.S. national security.
4 weeks ago
Special report: Pennsylvania failing the unemployed in not meeting standards with claims
For much of the year, unemployed Pennsylvanians waited weeks to have claims approved or denied, and many who filed appeals waited as long as five months for a decision.
1 month ago
Starbucks baristas’ ‘strike before Christmas’ has reached hundreds of U.S. stores
The strike began Friday in Los Angeles, Seattle and Chicago and has since expanded to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and other cities.
1 month ago
How Philly gamblers helped raise $500K toward a fresh horse barn for kids in Fairmount Park
A $15 million indoor polo arena and renovated horse barn is coming to a corner of the Fairmount Park forest.
1 month ago
Listen 1:10OperaDelaware offers salaried positions, helping reshape artists’ careers and making opera more accessible to the community.
1 month ago
Listen 1:22The Newark ark and its mysterious creator are revived at Philly’s Theatre Exile
The enigmatic story of Kea Tawana and her visionary, defiant ark is the basis of a poetic theater piece at Theatre Exile.
1 month ago
Listen 2:00Upper Darby reaches agreement with municipal workers, staves off potential strike
The township said the agreement it reached with the union Tuesday evening includes wage increases and other compensatory benefits.
1 month ago
Upper Darby municipal workers to hold strike authorization vote
If Transport Workers Local 234 votes to give their leaders the power to call for a strike, a possible walkout could happen as soon as New Year’s Day.
2 months ago
Listen 0:41New Sixers arena could improve diversity in Philly construction, union says
The arena proposal is expected to receive full City Council approval this week.
2 months ago
Chestnut Hill Hospital workers say persisting staffing shortages put patient care at risk
Hospital nurses and technicians held a rally to demand better working conditions and staffing levels.
2 months ago
Listen 1:14Do racial minorities, women, other groups benefit from DEI efforts?
Walmart announced it would roll back its DEI policies - and others did the same earlier this year. We discuss why some major employers are shifting away from these policies.
Air Date: December 4, 2024 12:00 pm
Listen 51:15How one Philadelphia medical student is learning to be a young caregiver to a parent with dementia
An estimated one in six millennial caregivers are caring for a loved one with a type of dementia, past research has shown.
2 months ago
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