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Easton– Major League Baseball fans can rest assured that their favorite players will be wearing All-Star game uniforms made by union workers in the Lehigh Valley. Union textile workers and VF Majestic have settled a contract dispute over health benefits and wages that may have lead to a strike just before the All-Star game. Members […]
Garment Workers and VF Majestic Reach Agreement Read More »
Philadelphia-City Council yesterday moved one step closer to approving a lease with US Airways that leaves airport workers in poverty. “US Airways is the largest airline in the world, yet thousands of airport workers in Philadelphia are stuck in poverty,” said Philadelphia International airport worker, Onetha McKnight. “It’s not fair that my co-workers and I
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NEWARK, NJ – A state poll released today shows voters overwhelmingly support the bipartisan immigration reform bill being debated this week in the Senate. “These poll results simply underscore what New Jerseyans have been telling their elected officials for years,” said Kevin Brown, 32BJ SEIU New Jersey State Director and President of SEIUs New Jersey
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Stamford – In celebration of Flag Day, 32BJ members, immigrant workers and their supporters will rally outside the Stamford Government Center tomorrow to thank Connecticut’s congressional delegation for their continuous support of immigration reform. 32BJ members will also unveil a handmade flag of the United States to echo the immigration reform movement’s call for an accessible
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As the U.S. Congress continues to work toward commonsense federal immigration reform, yesterday Boston became the fifth city in the Commonwealth to pass a local resolution in support of the federal legislation. Introduced by Councilor Salvatore LaMattina, the resolution passed unanimously. “We are at a critical point in the national debate, so every voice raised
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WASHINGTON, DC – More than a thousand immigration advocates, including hundreds of families and aspiring Americans, rallied outside of the House GOP caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol today, urging leaders to answer mainstream America’s call for an immediate and commonsense solution to the country’s broken immigration system. Just two weeks ago, bipartisan immigration reform
***Click here to download a copy of the report*** ***Click here for photos of the report release*** Philadelphia-An alarming new report by the National Employment Law Project (NELP) “Soaring Poverty at the Philadelphia International Airport” finds that poverty is rampant for subcontracted workers at the Philadelphia International Airport. “Philadelphia is the nation’s largest big city
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Philadelphia-After three hours of heated testimony from airport workers, clergy, community members and airport executives, Councilman Kenyatta Johnson’s Transportation & Public Utilities Committee approved a lease with US Airways that living wage and worker’s rights advocates say leaves airport workers vulnerable and stuck in poverty. “Councilman Johnson had a choice to make: stand with working
Grounded at PHL: Airport Workers Sentenced to Two More Years of Poverty Read More »
*** Click here for photos of the march*** Philadelphia-On the eve of a major City Council hearing concerning the city’s lease with US Airways, dozens of PHL workers and supporters from the community marched through the airport to USAirways, demanding that the airline honor the city’s minimum wage and benefits standard for all airport workers. “I make
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New York – Dozens of porters and handypersons working for Concourse Village residents in the Bronx and their supporters rallied Thursday afternoon to call for a fair contract. Workers and their union, 32BJ SEIU, have bargained in good faith with the apartment complex’s co-op board since the contract expired in 2011 to no avail. Though willing
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