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Trash collectors rally for PPE, hazard pay
More than 100 sanitation workers and other city employees rallied Tuesday morning in Love Park to demand better working conditions. | From: Metro Philly (Read more.)
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Gov. Wolf Unveils $225M in Grants for Pa. Small Businesses
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced $225 million in new funding — in the form of grants, not loans — for the state’s small businesses that have been hurt by coronavirus shutdowns. The money includes $100 million in grants for any small business that saw losses during the shutdown. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
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Resources for Philly’s housing insecure
Many are still vulnerable to housing insecurity, especially LGBTQ people. Due to a lack of funding, the city is now pointing folks in the direction of additional housing resources. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
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El presupuesto revisado del coronavirus de Filadelfia recorta el programa de asesoría legal gratuita para inmigrantes
El Proyecto de Unidad de Familia de Inmigrantes de Pensilvania de Filadelfia (PAIFUP), un fondo dedicado a proporcionar asesoría legal gratuita a inmigrantes que de otra manera no podrían pagar los servicios legales de inmigración podría estar en riesgo debido al coronavirus y al nuevo presupuesto revisado del alcalde Jim Kenney, que planea recortar los fondos de la ciudad para el programa El | De: AL DÍA (Read more.)
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Philadelphia’s revised coronavirus budget cuts free legal counsel program for immigrants
Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Immigrant Family Unity Project (PAIFUP), a fund dedicated to providing free legal counsel to immigrants who otherwise can’t afford immigration legal services might be at risk given coronavirus and Mayor Jim Kenney’s new revised budget, which plans to cut the city’s funding for the program. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
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City Council fights to fund Black Doctors COVID-19 consortium
The lack of public investment in the organization has reopened a larger conflict between some City Council members and the mayor. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
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Jeff Bartos group giving forgivable loans to small businesses during Covid
A group of bold-face name Philly business leaders are funding loans to small businesses left out of PPP and, in the process, providing all of us with an object lesson. Learn more about it and how to apply. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
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Nursing home staff fight for fair wage, PPE working inside COVID-19 ravaged facilities
Stanley Dawson, who earns $14.43 an hour, said his crew does receive some hazard pay but that he had to fight the management hard to get it. Workers at other nursing homes say they also lacked the proper PPE for weeks and that they are not getting any hazard pay, despite the high risks they are taking every day at their jobs. | From: Philadelphia Weekly (Read more.)
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Unlike COVID, there is a cure for homelessness: Housing
The COVID-19 crisis has laid bare the deep health, economic and racial disparities in our nation. Nowhere have these disparities been more apparent than with homelessness. It has never been clearer that housing is healthcare. Those who are homeless lack the most fundamental health protections a home provides. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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City clears out airport encampment of people, plans to offer tests for COVID-19
City officials began clearing out about 50 homeless individuals from Philadelphia International Airport Tuesday morning, offering COVID-19 tests to anyone who asked to be transported to a shelter. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)