From the sidewalks of Old City, to the Philadelphia International Airport to the gates of a Kellogg Company Plant in Lancaster County and beyond, labor unions are threatening job actions or walking off as a part of a wave that’s come to be known as #Striketober. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
“We have a long way to go to get back to where the revenue was before the pandemic, but at least now, things are not getting worse as far as sales go.” | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
The proposed two-year contract provides raises, pandemic-related hazard bonuses and parental leave for some 5,000 Transit Union Workers Local 234 members. A vote to ratify the deal is scheduled for Nov. 5. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
The online resource shares which routes will be closed, altered, and which will remain running. We’ve compiled other resources to guide Philadelphians who rely on SEPTA as they seek alternate means of getting around. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
While the new location is still not public, the general manager of Weavers Way, Jon Roesser, says there are great new perks. These include about 5000 square feet of space, a parking lot, a freight elevator, and a loading dock. The GM says their new site would be larger than their flagship Mt. Airy store but smaller than their Ambler location. The store is also hopeful the new building will accommodate a rooftop farm. | From: Germantown Info Hub (Read more.)
Art is our most universal language, and I see clothing as a language in its own right. It’s a symbol. It reveals things about your internal world externally. Growing up, I’ve always created things. It was the only thing that came naturally to me, I could expand my world. I didn’t know the term harm reduction as a teenager, but that’s what I was regularly doing with my art. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
The Executive Order officially established an Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Environmental Protection and introduced a director of Environmental Justice appointed the DEP secretary. | From: Green Philly (Read more.)
The new program will allow SEPTA to do so by shaping development near SEPTA services, which will lead to increased ridership, improved social equity, the stabilization of SEPTA’s financial base and reduced reliance on cars. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
The Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium has removed the “COVID-19” from its name, not because the pandemic is over, but because the group has expanded to do more than just offer coronavirus tests and vaccinations. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Federal authorities have said that vaccines are open to everyone “regardless of immigration status.” So, if you are an undocumented person who is otherwise eligible to receive the vaccine, your immigration status won’t prevent you from being vaccinated. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
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