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Employment

Restaurant hotel workers and Unite Here representatives chanted, “If we don’t get it, shut it down,” at a vote of union members to authorize a strike outside the Wyndham Hotel in Philadelphia on Oct. 28, 2021
Money

Labor ‘militancy’ is on the rise in Philly. Workers and experts explain #Striketober

“This is a spike in labor activity and labor militancy. Workers are asserting their power in ways that haven't been done in over a generation.”

4 years ago

Workers hold up yellow signs at a protest outside PHL Airport
Money

Piedmont Airlines flight attendants at PHL unanimously vote to authorize a strike

Piedmont, a subsidiary of American Airlines, is a regional carrier with hubs in Philadelphia and Charlotte that flies to more than 55 cities around the United States.

4 years ago

(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Radio Times

The “Great Resignation:” why Americans are quitting at record levels

Americans are quitting their jobs at record levels. In August, 2.9% of workers resigned to take new jobs or to stop working altogether. What's behind the "Great Resignation?"

Air Date: October 20, 2021 10:00 am

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Female scientist working in a lab.
Science

Delaware women working in STEM fields encourage others to join their ranks

Some of the top women in Delaware’s growing life sciences industry offered advice for students and others looking to work in STEM fields in an online symposium.

4 years ago

Shoppers walk on South Street
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Pew dashboard for Philly economy finds jobs down 8% since before pandemic

The tool provides a regularly updated look at the local economy, with results that can be filtered by ZIP code, industries, and other factors.

4 years ago

A sign in the parking lot of Mariano's grocery store advertises the availability of jobs Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, in Chicago.  One reason America’s employers are having trouble filling jobs was starkly illustrated in a report Tuesday, Oct. 12: Americans are quitting in droves.  (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Money

Americans quit their jobs at a record pace in August

One reason America's employers are having trouble filling jobs was starkly illustrated in a report Tuesday: Americans are quitting in droves.

4 years ago

PECO truck in the foreground, PECO worker in the background
Community

PECO offers a chance at employment to some residents in underserved Philly neighborhoods

Twenty-three Philly residents are participating in the program, which PECO bills as a way to provide communities it serves with a path to family-sustaining jobs.

4 years ago

The steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum
Keystone Crossroads
Money

PPP loans went to Philly museums that still laid off staff, report says

The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Zoo, and Franklin Institute, were among the most heavily subsidized local cultural institutions in the country.

4 years ago

Dorothy Bolden working at her desk at the NDWUA offices in Atlanta
Community

Philly honors Black leader of domestic workers union with new holiday

The holiday is the latest in a string of moves by City Council to boost profiles and protections for Philly’s 16,000 domestic workers.

4 years ago

In this June 11, 2021, file photo, a healthcare worker administrates a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to a student during a vaccination clinic
Health

Philly extends deadline for health care, university staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID

Health care workers, and university faculty, staff, and students, must have at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by Oct. 15. Here’s what else you need to know.

4 years ago

(AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Politics & Policy

Federal funds offer $50 million expansion of Delaware workforce training programs

Money from the American Rescue Plan will help students and adults in Delaware learn new skills to improve their employment opportunities.

4 years ago

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Community

How is the ‘Great Resignation’ affecting your day-to-day life?

Help us better understand the ways the pandemic has hampered the services that you count on and let us know.

4 years ago

Crystal Kan, a storyboard artist, draws signs on cars of IATSE union members during a rally in Los Angeles in September. (Myung J. Chun/Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Hollywood crews vote to authorize a strike for better pay and working conditions

Hollywood film and TV productions could soon shut down if contract negotiations aren't resolved.

4 years ago

This July 18, 2020, file photo, shows the AstraZeneca offices in Cambridge, England. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Courts & Law

AstraZeneca agrees to pay for race, gender-based pay discrimination

More than 300 Hispanic and female employees at AstraZeneca were underpaid compared to their white or male counterparts, according to the U.S. Dept. of Labor.

4 years ago

Ph.D. students at the University of Delaware work in a lab at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute in Newark. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

New push for continued growth in bioscience employers, jobs in Delaware

DuPont no longer holds the sway it once did over Delaware’s economy, but its legacy of thousands of scientists has the state’s bioscience sector prepped for growth.

4 years ago

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