This is the grave of Frank Rizzo. Born in 1920 in Philadelphia, no single person is more associated with that city in the second half of the twentieth century than Rizzo. His father was a cop and Frank would always love beating up some Black...
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This is the grave of Caroline LeCount. Born in 1846 in Philadelphia, LeCount grew up in the Black activism of the pre-Civil War community of that city. Her father was.
On June 6, 1835, coal workers in Philadelphia walked off the job for shorter hours and higher wages. This soon spread across the city and 20,000 workers struck. One of.
On August 6, 1944, Philadelphia's transit strike over hiring black drivers ends. This strike, done shortly after D-Day and when the nation was moving toward winning the war, demonstrates the intensely felt white supremacy of the white working class and the difficulties of interracial organizing...
On February 19, 1910, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company fired 173 union members to bust a strike by its drivers, leading to a general strike and general uproar against this.
On January 1, 1935, the Carl Mackley Houses opened in Philadelphia. Built in conjunction with the Hosiery Workers Union, this project represents one of several attempts during the New Deal.
Everyone who thought that the Philadelphia transit workers union should not use the opportunity to use its leverage to win its contract dispute can now relax. SEPTA settled its dispute with Philadelphia and will have full service tomorrow for election day. Not surprisingly, this leverage...
The Transit Workers Union is on strike in Philadelphia. Their contract expired November 1 and the have many legitimate beefs, including over scheduling and health care. Some are worried that.
One story I was unable to talk about after my computer theft earlier this month was the Philadelphia School Reform Commission cancelling the contract with the city's teachers unilaterally. It.
The Philadelphia school system has decided to use a classic union-busting tactic: destroy seniority provisions: There's something about seniority that really rubs a lot of people the wrong way. It challenges our national mythology about meritocracy, a myth that ignores the race, gender, and class...