Get Help With College Costs
We all know that tuition is barely affordable and places a hardship on most students and families that are supporting our young people who attend colleges and universities. As we begin the new year, here are some sources of possible help. Check out the AFL-CIO annual scholarship essay contest and, for Community College of Philadelphia …
AFSCME Local 1739 Newsletter – Winter 2021
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AFSCME Local 1739 Newsletter – Year In Review: 2022
Local 1739 Endorses John Fetterman for Senate
AFSCME Local 1739 is proud to endorse Democratic Candidate, Lt. Governor John Fetterman for the U.S. Senate. He is a pro-union candidate who understands the need of working families and will be a champion and fierce advocate for our issues and concerns. He shares our belief that a single vote can make a difference. Please …
DSP Crisis Continues
Worse Than Usual: Providers Weigh In on the DSP Staffing Crisis And What They’re Doing To Solve It SETworks latest survey reveals how the conversation around the DSP staffing crisis is evolving more than a year into the pandemic. A while back, we wrote about the DSP staffing crisis and what organizations can do to become …
March is Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month. Throughout this Month we will bring you the stories of women who are moving the labor movement forward. Meet Sanchioni Butler, a union organizer in Mississippi who is part of the effort to organize more southern women at Nissan. Her story is captured in the And Still I Rise project, …
Direct Support Worker Crisis
The Arc, the nation’s largest community-based advocacy organization for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is calling on Congress to develop policies that enable IDD persons to live their fullest lives and to provide adequate funding for home-based programs that make it possible: A well-trained, fairly compensated, and respected direct support professional (DSP) workforce is …
West Philadelphia Skills Initiative
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Shipyard Apprenticeship Program
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