El 1 de mayo entró en vigor la Declaración de Derechos de los Trabajadores Domésticos de Filadelfia, que los protege contra el acoso, la discriminación y los despidos abusivos. | Por: AL DÍA (Read more.)
On May 1, the Philadelphia Domestic Worker Bill of Rights went into effect, granting a once unheard population of the workforce a new reality and voice in the fight for a more equitable city for all. This bill has gone into effect in the middle of a pandemic that has essential workers scrambling to solidify their rights. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
As workers grow increasingly desperate in the face of life-threatening conditions, Philadelphia labor leaders have come together to say the city must do more to protect employees deemed essential during the coronavirus pandemic. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Hundreds of Philadelphians may be locked out of their bank accounts and could lose their federal coronavirus stimulus checks to creditors and debt collectors, cutting them off from funds they may need to pay rent and buy groceries during the pandemic. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Even before the pandemic, labor experts and organizers have called the American economy’s move toward subcontracting a “race to the bottom,” in which workers get paid less and face more dangerous, precarious working conditions. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Coronavirus o no, la Alianza Nacional de Trabajadores Domésticos está llevando a cabo dos sesiones educativas en preparación para la historia. | Por: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Coronavirus or not, the National Domestic Workers Alliance is holding two educational sessions in preparation for history. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
As the conversation shifts from crisis to response, recovery and resilience, we need frameworks for how to help move the needle and connect more people to opportunity. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
The defining correlation within this compilation of stories is the immense resiliency of city residents to work the system, even to the benefit of themselves and their families. We applaud the folks who have taken the brave step of sharing their story, with the goal of letting the rest of Philly know that they aren’t the only ones living in the day-to-day struggle. | From: Philadelphia Weekly (Read more.)
Community banks across the country have struggled to process loans, letting applications pile up while larger banks like Wells Fargo and Bank of America have been processing requests for tens of billions of dollars. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
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