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. […]
A grass roots group fighting for a fairer work week arrives in Philly today. Will it make getting ahead easier for those who need it? […]
As cities across the country show off how attractive they are to millennials in a mad dash to lure Amazon’s second headquarters, Mayor Kenney took a pause from the high-tech fanfare to announce to the city’s business community an ambitious strategy to train and connect Philadelphians to blue-collar jobs. […]
Philly’s youth unemployment rate has been hovering between 14 and 16 percent for the past few years — and that number jumps by 10 points when considering youth of color. One way to tackle the issue? Prepare those young people for employment and then connect them to job opportunities. […]
WURD’s afternoon host contends unemployment is worse than officials want you to know […]
Monica Wright showed her first house 27 years ago — exactly one week after her fourth daughter was born. […]
In an unusual deal, First Step Staffing, a nonprofit staffing company from Atlanta, has purchased the Philadelphia operations of the for-profit On Time Staffing with the goal of using the staffing firm to employ homeless individuals and people recently released from prison. […]
Defending Congress’ plan to eliminate the estate tax the other day, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) declared that getting rid of it recognizes those who invest their money “as opposed to those that are just spending every darn penny they have, whether it’s on booze, or women, or movies.” […]
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