TransWork hosted its inaugural job fair for trans, nonbinary and gender nonconforming people in the Philadelphia area in collaboration with Independence Business Alliance, Philadelphia’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce, William Way LGBT Community Center and the Philadelphia International Airport. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office is holding its first job and resource hub, which will focus on victims of violence. Prosecutors and community partners will work together to hold these one-stop shops monthly. | From: NBC10 Telemundo (Read more.)
While jobs and population are up overall, they are localized and too many neighborhoods struggle with a lack of investment, chronic low employment, and poverty. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Thirty years ago, Norris Square battled to rid itself of drugs and violence. Now it has another fight with outside investment skyrocketing over the last couple years. | From: Al DĂŤA News (Read more.)
Jury duty takes people from work and other obligations and can incur travel costs. So why is the pay at $9 per day for the first three days? | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
After talking to a manager about labor conditions, Alia Smith was fired. Now she is filing a complaint against LAZ Parking in Philadelphia. | From: Al DĂa News (Read more.)
Malcolm Burnely, senior editor of The Fuller Project, joins Wake Up With WURD to talk about his TIME article focusing on the inequalities women of color face when working on a tipped minimum wage. | From: WURD Radio (Read more.)
LAZ Parking valets fall in a gray area, where workers’ rights aren’t violated, but basic labor conditions are in question. | From: Al DĂa News (Read more.)
Mural Arts paid 430 homeless Philadelphians $22,000 to paint a mural in Suburban Station and access social services. Their efforts, and a city pilot, aim to help even more people in need. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
Researchers who created the study arrived at the income levels by calculating what it cost in 2017 to afford six household necessities. From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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