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Community

Monument project in New Jersey seeks to reframe narrative about migrants and labor amid political rhetoric and debates

The project will see a monument in each of the state’s three regions tell stories of migrants' roles in the Garden State labor force.

6 months ago

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Education

School District of Philadelphia reaches tentative agreement with principals union

For the last three months, principals and other school administrators were working without a new contract.

6 months ago

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Education

Haverford teachers union appoints new president amid negotiations with school district

Karen Potratz, a school psychologist at Chestnutwold Elementary School, will serve as interim president of the Haverford Township Education Association.

6 months ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Art Museum’s new director and CEO will be Daniel H. Weiss

Weiss has ties to the Philly region and had been the head of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

7 months ago

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphia Housing Authority will shrink staff in 2026 to cut operating expenses

The decision is meant to reduce operating costs as the agency works to remake its entire portfolio of affordable units.

7 months ago

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Community

What to know about expanded work requirements about to kick in for SNAP

SNAP food benefits are flowing again after a pause during the federal government shutdown. But the clock is about to start on a policy that imposes work requirements.

7 months ago

Philadelphia City Hall
Politics & Policy

Changes in Philadelphia’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies are designed to comply with new court rulings

Mayor Parker says the old contracting and procurement policies violate court rulings. The city rewrote them into small business preferences instead of aspirational guidelines.

7 months ago

Hospital building
Health

Pottstown Hospital nurses ‘devastated’ and ‘grieving’ over 131 layoffs, closure of cancer center and ICU

Parent company Tower Health will lay off 131 people at Pottstown Hospital by January and close the facility’s ICU, cancer center and endoscopy suite.

7 months ago

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Urban Planning
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SEPTA union members vote to authorize strike

Union leaders say the authorization is meant to increase pressure at the bargaining table, not to begin a strike immediately.

7 months ago

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Community

Starbucks workers kick off strike in Philadelphia, other U.S. cities on company’s busy Red Cup Day

Starbucks Workers United says the walkout will impact stores in 45 cities, including New York, Philadelphia, Minneapolis and Dallas.

7 months ago

Philadelphia City Hall
Health

Philadelphia is considering adding menopause, menstruation health issues to workplace anti-discrimination laws

The legislation would require employers to provide reasonable accommodations for disruptive symptoms of menstruation and menopause.

7 months ago

Sasha Suda smiles
Arts & Entertainment

Recently fired CEO of Philadelphia Art Museum sues over her ousting

Days after being terminated “for cause,” Sasha Suda described the museum board as “corrupt” and “dysfunctional.”

7 months ago

Train from SEPTA’s Regional rail service arrives at Suburban Station, in Center City (photo by/Bastiaan Slabbers)
Urban Planning

Contract with SEPTA’s largest workers’ union is set to expire this week. Members have been told to stay on the job

This situation may feel familiar: The union and SEPTA agreed to a new contract at this same time last year.

7 months ago

TSA workers and air traffic controllers just missed their first full paycheck
Community
Billy Penn

‘On a scale of 1 to 10, we’re a negative-2’: Airport workers struggle amid shutdown

As the federal government’s shutdown continues into a fourth week, TSA workers in Philly are feeling the effects.

7 months ago

Laborers District Council business manager Ryan Boyer
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Labor leader Ryan Boyer says he wants detente with teachers union

The close ally of Mayor Parker says teachers aren’t “a big fan of mine.” Their union says no meeting is scheduled.

7 months ago

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