Employment
Proposal to rollback residency requirement for Philly city workers aims to reduce vacancies
The change would require applicants become residents within 6 months of being hired instead of living in the city for a year before applying.
1 year ago
On Red Cup Day, thousands of Starbucks workers go on strike
Starbucks fans eagerly await the day the company gives out holiday cups. The union organizing Starbucks workers hope those same customers will support their cause.
1 year ago
Philly police may replace some officers with civilians, arbitration panel rules
A ruling upheld a change to the city charter to create public safety officers who do more routine police jobs to let cops focus on crime fighting.
1 year ago
Workers at HarperCollins Publishers begin strike
Union members at HarperCollins, one of the largest publishers in the country, started an indefinite strike today.
1 year ago
Facebook parent company Meta sheds 11,000 jobs in latest sign of tech slowdown
The layoffs represent the first large-scale workforce reduction in the company's 18-year history.
1 year ago
Temple University Hospital union nurses agree to contract, avoiding strike
The new contract deal averts a strike for about 2,500 hospital employees who have been working without a contract since Sept. 30.
1 year ago
This Philadelphia ballot question could help solve the workforce crisis in city government
A councilmember and union president make the case for the new civil service credit.
1 year ago
Philadelphia Home Depot workers vote against unionizing, as organizers file union-busting complaint
The failed vote would have made it the first Home Depot in the nation with a union. Organizers have filed a union-busting complaint with the NLRB.
1 year ago
Pa. health department suspending operations at Delaware County Memorial Hospital
In a statement, Delaware County officials said the decision to close the hospital is because of inadequate staffing.
1 year ago
‘We’re here to stay’: Local union groups rally in support of Home Depot workers ahead of union vote
Home Depot organizers say they’ve been facing “surveillance” and “interrogation” from management. If successful, this will be the first unionized Home Depot in the country.
1 year ago
N.J. immigrant advocacy groups outraged over postponed vote on temporary workers’ rights bill
A proposal for the “temporary workers’ bill of rights,” has been in the works for several years.
2 years ago
Wardrobe event looks to ease shopping experience for Philly’s LGBTQ+ community
Local nonprofits and activists met Monday at The Wardrobe in Old City for an event meant to address clothing insecurities in Philly’s LGBTQ community.
2 years ago
The ballot question is meant to help fill civil service positions, which have thousands of vacancies.
2 years ago
After decades of ‘quiet fleecing,’ Philadelphia could lead a workers’ revolution
Electing sympathetic policymakers is one way to make change. Organizing is the other.
2 years ago
Philly art museum union to end strike, calling tentative deal a ‘game-changer’
After picketing outside the museum for 19 days, workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art will vote to ratify a new contract Sunday.
2 years ago