Philadelphia – This afternoon, Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a bill to expand the prevailing wage (#160713) to include service workers at universities, hospitals and other publicly-subsided institutions. The bill extends the prevailing wage and benefit standards for thousands of workers employed at publically-subsidized buildings and will generate an estimated economic benefit of over $22 million a […]

-Congressman Bob Brady, SEIU President Mary Kay Henry and 32BJ President Hector Figueroa to join rally and march-   Philadelphia– On Saturday at 10:30am, Congressman Bob Brady, SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry and 32BJ SEIU President Hector Figueroa will join 400+ members of 32BJ SEIU to rally for $15 an hour for Philadelphia security

PHILADELPHIA-Tensions ran high today at the Philadelphia International Airport as hundreds of airport workers walked off the job to join a 1,000 person demonstration which poured into the street in front of the terminals. In the run up to a looming strike during the DNC, airport workers walked off the job to join the demonstration.

PHILADELPHIA- Hundreds of security workers, baggage handlers and cabin cleaners working for American’s subcontractors PrimeFlight, Prospect and McGinn who have been fighting for $15 and a union Tuesday voted to go on strike during the DNC to protest their employer’s illegal intimidation against the workers’ organizing efforts. “It is not an easy decision to go on strike. We aren’t

PHILADELPHIA-Members of 32BJ SEIU, part of the growing Philadelphians for a Fair Future coalition, Thursday will lobby City Council to support the Mayor’s budget proposals, including a soda tax to fund pre-k, community schools and 10,000 green jobs. Mayor Kenney will greet the citizen lobbyists at 1:45pm in the Mayor’s office. The lobby visit comes

Philadelphia – Joined by Congressman Bob Brady (D-CD-1) and Rabbi Avi Winokur of Society Hill Synagogue, janitors and security officers—members of 32BJ SEIU—today tried to gain access to the Eyeforpharma conference to challenge TEVA Pharmaceutical executives in attendance to take the “$10 Toilet Cleaning Challenge.” The challenge is the result of TEVA tossing out the

PHILADELPHIA-As the Philadelphia International Airport begins an unusually busy spring break season, subcontracted airport workers will go on strike tonight at 9:00pm in protest of unfair labor practices by their employers, concerns over health and safety, and their employer’s failure to pay everyone the new minimum wage of $12 an hour and fully abide by