From The Philadelphia Public School Notebook: In North Philadelphia, Urban Creators â a nonprofit food justice advocacy organization â operates Life Do Grow farm at Dakota and 11th Streets. […]
From Next City: Around 130,000 hourly workers in the city would benefit from the fair work week protections, according to the billâs sponsor, Councilmember Helen Gym. […]
From NBC10/Telemundo62: The fair workweek ordinance would require a reasonable notice of schedules, at least 11 hours rest time between shifts, opportunities to work additional hours and provide for enforcement and penalties if an employer does not comply. […]
State Rep. Doyle Heffley says House Bill 2429 is not a payday lending bill â if it were, it would be at least the sixth time in as many years that usury groups had lobbied to erode Pennsylvaniaâs protections against predatory loans. From: City & State PA […]
From Billy Penn: The Womenâs Community Revitalization Project offers 282 units and a slew of community services.
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Career Day was designed to reach the young people at three pivotal periods: students finishing seventh grade, who will be applying to high schools in the fall; high school juniors, who will be applying to colleges; and high school seniors entering the workforce who will be looking for jobs. From: The Philadelphia Public School Notebook […]
While the U.S. unemployment rate has fallen to an 18-year low, life remains difficult for the roughly 44,000 Philadelphians without jobs. According to the Bureau of Labor Statisticsâ May jobs report, the U.S. unemployment rate currently sits at 3.8 percent, or about 6.1 million Americans. In Philadelphia, the unemployment rate has also been declining, but it remains higher than the national rate at 5.3 percent. From: WHYY […]
Programs that lead future barbers, painters, coders, and laboratory technicians through pre-apprentice and […]
Tanya Wallace – Gobern, the Executive Director of The National Black Workers Center Project talks about the challenges facing Black workers at the intersection of racism and a deterioration in labor rights. […]
Philadelphia City Councilwoman Helen Gym talks to the Wake Up With WURD team about her Fair Work Week legislation and how it could impact the lives of Philadelphians who live with great economic instability. […]
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