Port Strike Ends, Longshore Workers Win $24 Wage Increase
The sides will return to bargaining on the other big issue of the strike, automation, extending the old agreement to January 15.
The sides will return to bargaining on the other big issue of the strike, automation, extending the old agreement to January 15.
Wages have stagnated over the last two contracts while employers have had some of their most profitable years on record. Increasing automation is also threatening jobs.
Mike German spoke with Editor Cyril Mychalejko about his new book “Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within,” which comes out Jan. 7.
Immigrant solidarity protesters marched through the streets of downtown Philly, starting at Independence Hall. This is in reaction to President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations.
The U.S. Department of Energy is dangling $750 million for the buildout of a hydrogen hub around Philadelphia. But the looming Trump presidency and strong economic headwinds endanger its prospects.
Lake Angela was moved by her own experiences with schizophrenia and the stories of the treatment patients in her dance therapy groups faced at the psychiatric institution.
The move to erase attention to anti-bias and culture in schools is grounded in denial that concerns about systemic racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, etc., are real.