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File photo: State workers display their signs during a rally outside New Jersey Statehouse on Sept. 13, 2022. (Tennyson Donyéa/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey commission, unions agree to ‘more affordable’ health benefits premium hike

The statehouse demonstration came one day before a N.J. commission is expected to vote on a proposal to increase health benefit premiums for thousands of state workers.

3 years ago

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Community

Can you get fired for smoking weed in New Jersey?

Companies in New Jersey are allowed to screen employees for marijuana, but they aren’t allowed to fire people just because they fail a simple drug test.

3 years ago

A school bus pulls out of a parking lot.
Education

Shorter days, asking parents for help: What the ‘teacher shortage’ looks like in 4 Pennsylvania districts

With the number of certified educators in Pennsylvania at “crisis” levels, school districts are facing stiff competition from one another for teachers and support staff.

3 years ago

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Money

As small businesses raise prices, some customers push back

Inflation isn’t only costing small businesses money. It’s costing them customers as well.

3 years ago

Colonial School district school bus
Education

Teacher shortage forces hundreds of Delaware students to get virtual lessons

The Colonial School District in northern Delaware is more than 20 teachers short of what it needs, so students will be taught via Zoom video.

3 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Philadelphia poll workers are about to get a raise

City officials hope the pay bump, which is set to be approved next week, will help bring new people into the Election Day fold.

3 years ago

Cindy Parlow Cone, left, president of the U.S. Soccer Federation, looks on as United States' Becky Sauerbrunn signs a new collective bargaining agreement as part of an event in which with the federation, U.S. Women's National Team Players Association and the U.S. National Soccer Team Players Association signed new collective bargaining agreements following the women's match against Nigeria at Audi Field, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in Washington. The U.S. won 2-1. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Politics & Policy

U.S. Soccer, players formally sign equal pay agreements

A ceremony was held following the women’s friendly match against Nigeria at Audi Field in Washington D.C., with U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh among those on hand.

3 years ago

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NPR
Community

More than half of minor league baseball players have voted to unionize

Most minor league players make less than the federal poverty line. The Major League Baseball Players Association has asked MLB to voluntarily recognize the unionizing efforts.

3 years ago

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NPR
Community

Remembering Marilyn Loden, who gave a name to the glass ceiling

When Marilyn Loden first uttered the phrase "the glass ceiling" in the 1970s, it became an increasingly permanent fixture of the lexicon

3 years ago

Conor Alguire, a Starbucks barista trainer and union organizer, fighting for worker rights, outside the coffee shop at 22nd and South Street on Labor Day, September 5, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Philly ‘sip-ins’ used to help Starbucks employees on Labor Day

Local workers at the large-chain coffeehouse are encouraging customers to skip buying a cup of Starbucks for a day, but still tipping a barista.

3 years ago

Members of Philadelphia labor unions marched down Delaware Avenue at the annual Labor Day Parade, September 5, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

At Labor Day parade, leaders rally members to support Shapiro in governor’s race

Union leaders used Monday’s Labor Day rally and march to urge their members to vote for Democratic candidate for governor, Josh Shapiro.

3 years ago

The skyline is reflected in the Schuylkill River as the sun rises over Philadelphia.
Community

Pa. workers, businesses grapple with tight job market this Labor Day

A new report finds there are more jobs than people to fill them in Pennsylvania, although the paycheck might not be as appealing as in other states.

3 years ago

A person speaks at a microphone with people cheering behind him.
NPR
Community

Quiet quitting, real quitting, unionizing — what else are American workers up to?

How we work, when we work, how much we work – it's all shifting on a scale not seen in decades.

3 years ago

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Community
Billy Penn

Born of one garbage strike and shaped by another, Philly has one of the oldest municipal workers unions in the country

With over 9,000 current members, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 33 is one of the largest unions in Philly.

3 years ago

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Politics & Policy
WITF

Pa. labor advocates push for changes aimed at bolstering working conditions ahead of Labor Day

Workplace safety and wage law changes, both perennial issues, are top of mind ahead of the Labor Day weekend.

3 years ago

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