Call Your Legislators Wednesday, October 6 – Wednesday, October 13 Pennsylvania’s minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25/hr. for too long. Now is the time to raise the minimum wage! WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW! What can you do? Get … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-09-09/livable-wages-working-families/report-increasing-minimum-wage-in-pa-and-beyond-would-help-rebuild-economy/a75654-1 September 9, 2021 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. — With the expanded unemployment benefits from the American Rescue Plan ending last week, a new report from the Keystone Research Center showed Pennsylvania … Continued
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED OVER WEATHER CONCERNS Join We The People-PA Action, local activists, and constituents for a rally outside of Representative Staats’ district office in Quakertown in support of workers and small businesses! Logistics information: The rally will be … Continued
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED OVER WEATHER CONCERNS Join We The People-PA Action, local activists, and constituents for a rally outside of Representative Polinchock’s district office in Chalfont in support of workers and small businesses! Logistics information: The rally will be … Continued
From the Poor People’s Campaign (https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/): On August 12, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, the National Council of Churches and a delegation of multi-racial national faith leaders representing millions of members across the country joined … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/02/hundreds-arrested-dc-demanding-voting-rights-end-poverty-and-death-filibuster Clergy and low-wage workers with the Poor People’s Campaign are also calling on Congress to treat the nation’s immigrants with respect. JESSICA CORBETT August 2, 2021 Leaders of the national Poor People’s Campaign and Rev. Jesse Jackson were … Continued
From the Poor People’s Campaign (https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/): In the fourth week of the Season of Nonviolent Moral Direct Action, we are calling everyone to Washington DC for a Mass National Moral Monday Action in Washington DC to Save Our Democracy! On August … Continued
On the 15th anniversary of the signing of Senate Bill 1090 (Act 112 of 2006), Sens. Christine M. Tartaglione and Vincent J. Hughes will host a Re-Enactment and Rally at the site of the original bill signing in Philadelphia. It has … Continued
State legislators will hammer out the state budget in early June. Pennsylvania workers are under attack. Some legislators want to force workers to take low-wage jobs even when schools and childcare are unavailable. Some legislators blame the pace of economic … Continued
Posted at https://www.penncapital-star.com/covid-19/this-pgh-ice-cream-parlor-pays-15-hr-filled-all-its-positions-and-didnt-raise-prices/ By Special to the Capital-Star May 26, 2021 By Colleen Hammond PITTSBURGH — As Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor in the Strip District began resuming full operations, the business faced a pair of common problems in the final pandemic days: understaffing and … Continued