Employment

Five Philly Starbucks have voted to form unions in a town with a long history of labor organizing. It’s happening for a reason, write Paul Prescod and Daisy Confoy.

There’s a push for the cities awarded games to commit to livable wages, and equitable hiring and worker protection.

The charter change would add graduates of career technical programs to the groups receiving a preference in civil service exams.

The wage tax is Philadelphia’s single biggest bucket of revenue, bringing in more than $1.5 billion annually.

President Joe Biden has signed off on giving federal wildland firefighters a hefty raise for the next two fiscal years.

Negotiations will continue this week between Atlantic City casinos and the union, whose workers have authorized a strike on Fourth of July weekend.

The state plans to use the grant to improve access for specific groups of underserved Pennsylvanians, including workers with limited English proficiency in Philadelphia.

Keisha Hudson, leader of the Defender Association of Philadelphia, speaks with WHYY host Cherri Gregg about the DAP's fight for fair pay.

New tapes shed light on an old story: the suspension of 32 Philly teachers during the 1950s. We explore what happened, and what it tells us about ourselves.

Atlantic City casino workers have authorized their leaders to call a strike against the gambling houses if new contracts are not reached by the beginning of July.

The move is one of many designed to improve safety on the SEPTA system which will see spending on safety efforts increase by 50%.

Some employers are demanding remote workers return to the office but a majority want to stay at home. Lessons from remote and in-person work this hour.

Biden told the labor leaders there is “no bigger, stronger voice for working people” than Fetterman, whose election could give Dems control of the Senate.

A hearing is underway to consider whether the Amazon Labor Union's historic union victory on Staten Island should stand — or whether a re-do election is warranted.

The convention brings 57 unions together to debate, vote on resolutions and chart the course for the labor movement's future.