As Philadelphia turns to more workplace laws to fight poverty, attention to enforcement has become increasingly important. And there are signs that the city’s enforcement office will improve, pushed in part by organizers and advocates working to ensure the laws they’ve won have teeth. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
The city program clears its biggest legal hurdle and continues to grow as it enters year three. | From: The Philadelphia Public School Notebook (Read more.)
Starting April 1, Philadelphia will get its own day-work program, with a few unique twists. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Just how and why Amazon’s New York deal fell apart indicate that the rules of the economic development game may finally be changing. Philadelphia should take note of three key trends underlying the online titan’s walk away from the Big Apple. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
A spate of national stories might have us feeling good about ourselves (and Gritty). But do they tell the story we should be telling about and to ourselves? | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
General assistance was reinstated last summer after a six-year hiatus. New legislation threatens to gut the program, which offers about $200 per month to qualified residents. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
Young people experiencing poverty from all over the world came to Philly to find solutions to their joint plight. Can they be the answer we’re looking for? (Read more.)
From NBC Philadelphia: Propelled by cheers and thunderous applause, Philadelphia City Council passed a fair workweek bill Thursday that will guarantee predictable schedules for some 130,000 hourly workers in the service and hospitality industries. (Read more.)
From Philadelphia Media Network: It’s expected to affect 130,000 workers, according to Gym’s office, including unionized workers, unless their contract stipulates an exemption, and hotel workers — Philadelphia would be the only city to pass a “Fair Workweek” law that covers the hotel industry. (Read more.)
From WURD: Philadelphia Councilmember Helen Gym joins Wake Up With WURD to talk about the Fair Workweek Legislation that will be going up for a vote on Thursday and why she is in support of the bill. (Read more.)
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