Workers' rights

Essen Bakery

Essen Bakery owners say they closed for a mental health break. Their employees say they've been ghosted.

Domestic workers would get more protections against retaliation from their employers under new bill

City Council domestic workers

Patient actors at Thomas Jefferson University who unionized this year hold rally for new contract

Jefferson standardized patients union rally

Aramark workers at Wells Fargo Center go on strike ahead of 76ers playoff game

Aramark Strike 76ers playoffs

Aramark workers at Wells Fargo Center could strike for higher wages, benefits

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Philly updates its list of 'bad actor' employers, adding two new businesses in latest report

Philly Bad actor employers

ReAnimator Coffee averts strike with tentative agreement; union details new contract

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ReAnimator Coffee's union votes to authorize strike

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Pa. lawmakers push for statewide 4-day workweek

Uber agrees to pay New Jersey $100 million following dispute about worker misclassification

Pennsylvania's raised income threshold for tipped workers aims to protect wages

Tipped Workers

City leaders join Wyndham hotel workers' picket line for 'Strikesgiving'

Wyndham Strikesgiving

Gopuff workers plan to strike, demanding better pay and protection from deactivation

Gopuff strike

Wolf says Pennsylvania can address labor shortage with safer, better paying jobs

Gov. Wolf Worker Protection

Gopuff's drivers push for pay transparency, flexible hours and more in petition

Gopuff petition

Sanitation workers call for hazard pay, more protections during pandemic

philadelphia sanitation workers protest

Philadelphia family sues Montco slaughterhouse after worker dies of COVID-19

meat plant worker lawsuit

Philadelphia City Council passes fair workweek bill, $15 minimum wage bump

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Kensington Addiction Facebook

Philly's MLB All-Star Game schedule includes fan festival and new 3-on-3 competition

MLB All-Star Game

Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival will fill Walnut Street with food, cocktails and shopping on May 2

Rittenhouse Row Spring Fest

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