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Employment

Protesters rally outside UPS on Oregan Avenue
Money
Billy Penn

UPS cuts wages more than 20% for hundreds of part-time Philly workers, taking them by surprise

The teamsters union says the pay reduction was illegal.

4 years ago

A gambler smokes while playing a slot machine
Money

Report: Atlantic City casino smoking ban may cost 2,500 jobs

The Casino Association of New Jersey commissioned the report, which determined that smokers, who account for 21% of Atlantic City gamblers, are worth more to casinos.

4 years ago

Stephannia Swain
Community

Philly tourism is surging back. Hotel workers, not so fast

A Philadelphia law gives them priority when hotels are ready to rehire, but workers laid off due to COVID are taking their time and reviewing their options.

4 years ago

Workers at Amazon's warehouse on Staten Island in New York will vote on whether to unionize, becoming the second U.S. warehouse to get such an election.
Taylor Hanes/NPR
NPR
Community

Amazon labor push escalates as workers at New York warehouse win a union vote

Amazon workers in New York will vote on unionization next month, as the company now faces two potentially groundbreaking union elections at once.

4 years ago

Norristown, Pa. in Montgomery County. (Wikimedia Commons)
Community

Montgomery County calls on residents and organizations to submit ideas for American Rescue Plan funding

With $161 million to disburse, the county will host three town halls next week, in person and virtually, to offer more details on the process.

4 years ago

(photo credit Big Stocks)
Radio Times

Will workers ever return to the office?

What have we learned about remote work two years into the pandemic? Employees love it but what about businesses? Today, the pros and cons of the virtual office.

Air Date: February 17, 2022 10:00 am

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West Chester University Philips Memorial Building
Politics & Policy

Wolf renews higher-ed scholarship idea, amid worker shortage

The governor hopes to start a new scholarship program for college students. Pa. still ranks at the bottom among states in the level of aid it offers for higher education.

4 years ago

The exterior of Jennersville Hospital in West Grove
Health

Chesco judge orders Tower Health to resume sale of Jennersville, Brandywine hospitals

Citing harm to the Chesco community, a judge ruled in favor of the company that had been set to buy the two hospitals until Tower Health abruptly canceled the deal.

4 years ago

A team of medical professionals rehearse different scenarios in the new patient rooms at the new Pavilion building at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Health

Penn receives $125M gift to start community nursing program, tuition-free

The University of Pennsylvania's new tuition-free program is designed to address a major shortage of nurse practitioners nationwide.

4 years ago

Food service worker Sheree Allen is seen in the Raise Up offices, a branch of the Fight for $15 union, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Durham, N.C.  (AP Photo/Chris Seward)
Community

Young workers give unions new hope

After decades of decline, U.S. unions have a new reason for hope: younger workers.

4 years ago

Kids swim at the James Finnegan Playground pool
Community

Philly kicks off lifeguard recruitment effort after challenging 2021

The recruitment effort follows a difficult 2021 summer season, which saw fewer than 70% of the city’s roughly 70 outdoor pools open due to a lifeguard shortage.

4 years ago

File photo: UCLA running back Zach Charbonnet (24) runs the ball in for a touch down as Southern California defensive lineman Jacob Lichtenstein (97) tries to stop him during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, in Los Angeles. An advocacy group for college athletes has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations board in the next step in a push to give employee status to college athletes and afford them the right to competitive pay, collective bargaining and other benefits and protections. The National College Players Association on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 filed the unfair labor practice charges against the NCAA, Pac-12 Conference, UCLA and the University of Southern California
Courts & Law

College athlete group files complaint, seeks employee status

An advocacy group for college athletes has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. The goal is to give employee status to college athletes.

4 years ago

Ryan Boyer, business manager of Laborers District Council, joins other union leaders in criticizing the handling of asbestos during construction at the Public Ledger Building. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

Ryan Boyer has plans to diversify Philly’s unions and rehabilitate the labor movement’s image

The first Black leader of the powerful Business Trades Council is known for steady coalition building.

4 years ago

The setting sun is shrouded in smoke from a fire that burned and stretched across Ellis, Russell, Osborne and Rooks counties Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, near Natoma, Kansas.
(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
NPR
Community

Calls to volunteer fire departments are at a high but they have few first responders

Some volunteer departments were already stretched dangerously thin, and then along came the pandemic.

4 years ago

A Starbucks sign
Money

Two Starbucks locations in Philadelphia file petitions to unionize

The Philly workers join a wave of others attempting to unionize the national coffee chain’s shops as the pandemic economy has bolstered organizing efforts.

4 years ago

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