Labor

Workers at Presbyterian Inspired Care Nursing Home have been trying to settle their first labor contract for a year and a half. In this report we hear from one of the workers talking about the struggle. We also hear what Occupy Philly had to say to management.

El Movimiento de trabajadores sin tierra (MST) de Brasil se fundó en 1984 y ahora es uno de los movimientos sociales mas grandes del mundo. Luchan por la reivindicación de la tierra, la reforma agraria y la transformación social. Les presentamos una entrevista con Janaina Strozake, quien nació, creció y se formó en el movimiento.

As workers uprisings grow around the world and here at home, this panel explored the innovative organizing models used by excluded workers of color to win justice at work and build a movement to challenge neoliberalism. The panel was part of the Nation al Lawyers Guild Convention held in Philadelphia.

Frabricio Rodriguez has been organizing since 1998. During the National Lawyers Guild Convention he was part of a panel titled "Philly Workers Rising Up". He shared some of his organizing feats and offered some suggestions on organizing at a time when labor is being attacked on all quarters.
Submitted by Charles B Clarke

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers organized a rally in front of a center city Trader Joes and the Philly Student Union was there to help support.

In the Fourth Episode, "Nothing Moves Without Us," we examine the job and work crisis in America. 

Fire fighters across the state of Pennsylvania won a major victory this summer. The fire fighter cancer bill, HB 797, which designates cancer as an occupational disease for fire fighters overwhelmingly passed the House and Senate, and on July 7th, was signed into law by Gov. Tom Corbett.

National Nurses United and their allies rallied today at the New York Stock Exchange. During the rally they demand a tax on Wall Street transactions. This tax they declare will ensure that "the yo-yos that buy and sell this country pay their fare share" to heal America. 

Hundreds of teachers and workers rallied at the School District headquarters on Monday to protest massive layoffs and testify at the meeting of the School Reform Commission.

Close to 1,500 teachers and 3,000 school district workers received layoff notices last week. The School District says it has to cut the jobs to close a budget gap.

In this video, two recently laid off teachers speak about how the cuts will impact students.