LaborPenn graduate student workers could strike next monthThousands of unionized teaching and research assistants plan to walk off the job if a contract deal is not reached by the deadline.Ariana Perez-Castells This $8M federal college grant will train Hanwha shipyard workers Joseph N. DiStefano PHA and Navy Yard security guards sue contractor over unpaid hours and overtimeJoseph N. DiStefano Philadelphia Whole Foods workers filed for a union a year ago. Here’s what’s holding up their contract.Ariana Perez-Castells Hotel workers in Philadelphia get wage increases and more after four-day strikeAriana Perez-Castells AdvertisementA City Council bill on security guard training has sparked another City Hall showdown between labor and businessA representative for security guard companies suggested SEIU Local 32BJ is pushing the bill to gain leverage in contract talks. The union denied it was a bargaining tactic.Sean Collins Walsh Resident assistants at Temple vote to unionizeResident assistants and peer mentors asked the university's leadership to recognize their union last year. Now, they've voted to join OPEIU Local 153. Ariana Perez-Castells Near the shuttered Liberty Bell, Philadelphia union leaders and lawmakers rally against the government shutdownThe American Federation of Government Employees and the AFL-CIO held a rally railing against the ongoing federal government shutdown in Philadelphia as the White House floats layoffs. Ariana Perez-Castells and Fallon Roth Congress wants colleges to make sure graduates can earn a living — but these schools got a carveout The carveout from accountability rules leaves thousands of students at trade schools unprotected.Meredith Kolodner, Hechinger Report Temple nurses say they plan to strike on Oct. 6 if they cannot negotiate a contractTemple staff have made safety conditions a hallmark of recent contract negotiations. Aubrey Whelan Bank of America to raise its minimum wage to $25 an hourThe bank, which employs 1,500 people in the Philly region, has a higher minimum wage than Pennsylvania’s $7.25 an hour and New Jersey’s $15.49. Erin McCarthy Philadelphia area logistic companies lay off 188 workers, some citing Amazon contract cancellationsCJB Logistics and Trujacodi Delivery Express both had delivery service provider contracts with Amazon.Frank Kummer Philly school police officers say they need better pay and training — and new uniforms — to keep kids safe“We are nowhere close to an agreement,” said Bernadette Ambrose-Smith, president of the School Police Association of Philadelphia. The union's contract expires Aug. 31.Kristen A. Graham Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s summer of municipal labor unrest is likely over as white-collar city union approves contractThe contract will cost the city approximately $92 million over the course of five years, the administration said. Sean Collins Walsh University of Pennsylvania postdocs and research associates vote to unionizeThe proposed bargaining unit at Penn would be affiliated with United Auto Workers. Some 703 people voted for the union and 38 voted against it, according to the UAW.Ariana Perez-Castells DC 33 members will vote on the union’s tentative deal with the city this week. Here’s what to know.Starting Monday, members of AFSCME District Council 33 can vote on the tentative agreement until July 20. The entirety of the deal hinges on ratification by a majority of voting members. Fallon Roth A Philly white-collar city workers union is at a standstill on contract negotiations as members vote on authorizing a strikeLocal 2187, which represents administrative assistants and professionals, is holding a strike authorization vote until July 15. DC 47 leaders will then assess the union's next steps.Fallon Roth After eight days on strike, DC 33 members will vote on a new contract with the city next weekA union spokesperson told The Inquirer that the vote on DC 33's contract with the city will begin next week and stretch over multiple days.Fallon Roth VA cancels mass layoff, saying enough workers have left. Here’s what that means in Philadelphia.Amid agency changes, some VA workers in Philadelphia were looking to leave their jobs. The agency says enough have left across the country to avoid a reduction in force.Ariana Perez-Castells and Fallon Roth Philly is in its first municipal strike in the social media age. Does that affect how events are unfolding? So far, the national press has largely ignored Philadelphia's first strike by city workers since 1986. Sean Collins Walsh See more storiesAdvertisement
Penn graduate student workers could strike next monthThousands of unionized teaching and research assistants plan to walk off the job if a contract deal is not reached by the deadline.Ariana Perez-Castells
Penn graduate student workers could strike next monthThousands of unionized teaching and research assistants plan to walk off the job if a contract deal is not reached by the deadline.Ariana Perez-Castells
Philadelphia Whole Foods workers filed for a union a year ago. Here’s what’s holding up their contract.Ariana Perez-Castells
Philadelphia Whole Foods workers filed for a union a year ago. Here’s what’s holding up their contract.Ariana Perez-Castells
A City Council bill on security guard training has sparked another City Hall showdown between labor and businessA representative for security guard companies suggested SEIU Local 32BJ is pushing the bill to gain leverage in contract talks. The union denied it was a bargaining tactic.Sean Collins Walsh
A City Council bill on security guard training has sparked another City Hall showdown between labor and businessA representative for security guard companies suggested SEIU Local 32BJ is pushing the bill to gain leverage in contract talks. The union denied it was a bargaining tactic.Sean Collins Walsh
Resident assistants at Temple vote to unionizeResident assistants and peer mentors asked the university's leadership to recognize their union last year. Now, they've voted to join OPEIU Local 153. Ariana Perez-Castells
Resident assistants at Temple vote to unionizeResident assistants and peer mentors asked the university's leadership to recognize their union last year. Now, they've voted to join OPEIU Local 153. Ariana Perez-Castells
Near the shuttered Liberty Bell, Philadelphia union leaders and lawmakers rally against the government shutdownThe American Federation of Government Employees and the AFL-CIO held a rally railing against the ongoing federal government shutdown in Philadelphia as the White House floats layoffs. Ariana Perez-Castells and Fallon Roth
Near the shuttered Liberty Bell, Philadelphia union leaders and lawmakers rally against the government shutdownThe American Federation of Government Employees and the AFL-CIO held a rally railing against the ongoing federal government shutdown in Philadelphia as the White House floats layoffs. Ariana Perez-Castells and Fallon Roth
Congress wants colleges to make sure graduates can earn a living — but these schools got a carveout The carveout from accountability rules leaves thousands of students at trade schools unprotected.Meredith Kolodner, Hechinger Report
Congress wants colleges to make sure graduates can earn a living — but these schools got a carveout The carveout from accountability rules leaves thousands of students at trade schools unprotected.Meredith Kolodner, Hechinger Report
Temple nurses say they plan to strike on Oct. 6 if they cannot negotiate a contractTemple staff have made safety conditions a hallmark of recent contract negotiations. Aubrey Whelan
Temple nurses say they plan to strike on Oct. 6 if they cannot negotiate a contractTemple staff have made safety conditions a hallmark of recent contract negotiations. Aubrey Whelan
Bank of America to raise its minimum wage to $25 an hourThe bank, which employs 1,500 people in the Philly region, has a higher minimum wage than Pennsylvania’s $7.25 an hour and New Jersey’s $15.49. Erin McCarthy
Bank of America to raise its minimum wage to $25 an hourThe bank, which employs 1,500 people in the Philly region, has a higher minimum wage than Pennsylvania’s $7.25 an hour and New Jersey’s $15.49. Erin McCarthy
Philadelphia area logistic companies lay off 188 workers, some citing Amazon contract cancellationsCJB Logistics and Trujacodi Delivery Express both had delivery service provider contracts with Amazon.Frank Kummer
Philadelphia area logistic companies lay off 188 workers, some citing Amazon contract cancellationsCJB Logistics and Trujacodi Delivery Express both had delivery service provider contracts with Amazon.Frank Kummer
Philly school police officers say they need better pay and training — and new uniforms — to keep kids safe“We are nowhere close to an agreement,” said Bernadette Ambrose-Smith, president of the School Police Association of Philadelphia. The union's contract expires Aug. 31.Kristen A. Graham
Philly school police officers say they need better pay and training — and new uniforms — to keep kids safe“We are nowhere close to an agreement,” said Bernadette Ambrose-Smith, president of the School Police Association of Philadelphia. The union's contract expires Aug. 31.Kristen A. Graham
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s summer of municipal labor unrest is likely over as white-collar city union approves contractThe contract will cost the city approximately $92 million over the course of five years, the administration said. Sean Collins Walsh
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s summer of municipal labor unrest is likely over as white-collar city union approves contractThe contract will cost the city approximately $92 million over the course of five years, the administration said. Sean Collins Walsh
University of Pennsylvania postdocs and research associates vote to unionizeThe proposed bargaining unit at Penn would be affiliated with United Auto Workers. Some 703 people voted for the union and 38 voted against it, according to the UAW.Ariana Perez-Castells
University of Pennsylvania postdocs and research associates vote to unionizeThe proposed bargaining unit at Penn would be affiliated with United Auto Workers. Some 703 people voted for the union and 38 voted against it, according to the UAW.Ariana Perez-Castells
DC 33 members will vote on the union’s tentative deal with the city this week. Here’s what to know.Starting Monday, members of AFSCME District Council 33 can vote on the tentative agreement until July 20. The entirety of the deal hinges on ratification by a majority of voting members. Fallon Roth
DC 33 members will vote on the union’s tentative deal with the city this week. Here’s what to know.Starting Monday, members of AFSCME District Council 33 can vote on the tentative agreement until July 20. The entirety of the deal hinges on ratification by a majority of voting members. Fallon Roth
A Philly white-collar city workers union is at a standstill on contract negotiations as members vote on authorizing a strikeLocal 2187, which represents administrative assistants and professionals, is holding a strike authorization vote until July 15. DC 47 leaders will then assess the union's next steps.Fallon Roth
A Philly white-collar city workers union is at a standstill on contract negotiations as members vote on authorizing a strikeLocal 2187, which represents administrative assistants and professionals, is holding a strike authorization vote until July 15. DC 47 leaders will then assess the union's next steps.Fallon Roth
After eight days on strike, DC 33 members will vote on a new contract with the city next weekA union spokesperson told The Inquirer that the vote on DC 33's contract with the city will begin next week and stretch over multiple days.Fallon Roth
After eight days on strike, DC 33 members will vote on a new contract with the city next weekA union spokesperson told The Inquirer that the vote on DC 33's contract with the city will begin next week and stretch over multiple days.Fallon Roth
VA cancels mass layoff, saying enough workers have left. Here’s what that means in Philadelphia.Amid agency changes, some VA workers in Philadelphia were looking to leave their jobs. The agency says enough have left across the country to avoid a reduction in force.Ariana Perez-Castells and Fallon Roth
VA cancels mass layoff, saying enough workers have left. Here’s what that means in Philadelphia.Amid agency changes, some VA workers in Philadelphia were looking to leave their jobs. The agency says enough have left across the country to avoid a reduction in force.Ariana Perez-Castells and Fallon Roth
Philly is in its first municipal strike in the social media age. Does that affect how events are unfolding? So far, the national press has largely ignored Philadelphia's first strike by city workers since 1986. Sean Collins Walsh
Philly is in its first municipal strike in the social media age. Does that affect how events are unfolding? So far, the national press has largely ignored Philadelphia's first strike by city workers since 1986. Sean Collins Walsh
