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PhillyUnions.com Headline News UPDATED January 15, 2010: PhillyUnions.com and The Philly Public Record Form Strategic Partnership FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PhillyUnions.com and The Philly Public Record Form Strategic Partnership Philadelphia Pa, January 6, 2010 - PhillyUnions.com, the online home of the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO, and pro-union newspaper the Philly Public Record have formed a strategic partnership to share and distribute content to our valued readers within the Philadelphia area union community. The Public Record will be providing PhillyUnions.com with immediate news content as related to the Philadelphia union community and Phillyunions.com will in turn give the Philly Public Record an internet-based news resource and platform that will expand their information base. Ultimately, PhillyUnions.com and the Philly Public Record have joined forces to help expand and continue our commitment to providing the Philadelphia union community with crucial news, information and resources. "PhillyUnions.com is excited to be working with one of Philadelphia's genuine local resources. The Philly Public Record is a staple in the community. This partnership helps us to better achieve our goal of providing the best news and informational resources to our member base in order to promote the issues and agendas of the Philadelphia area union community" says PhillyUnions.com's President Joe Dougherty Jr. Contact: Jim Hopper - VP Marketing and Technology UPDATE 1/15/10: As a follow up to the recent announcement that PhillyUnions.com has formed a strategic partnership with the Philly Public Record. It is important to clarify that because PhillyUnions.com is the online communication network utilized by the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO and the Philly Public Record is an independent news media publication, that the views of the Philly Public Record do not necessarily represent the views of the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO. The strategic partnership exists between the Philly Public Record and PhillyUnions.com and does not include the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO in any way. Elizabeth McElroy December 30, 2009: Invitation to Sponsor the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO's 7th Annual Leadership Conference We invite you to be a sponsor of the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO's 7th Annual Leadership Conference, to be held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on January 31 - February 2, 2010 at the Sheraton Atlantic City. The conference is planned for the decision makers of the more than 140 locals affiliated with the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO. Last year over 130 labor leaders participated. This is an excellent opportunity to meet and get acquainted with Philadelphia's labor community. There is a variety of sponsorships available, including hosting a cocktail reception, dinner, lunch, continental breakfast or setting up an exhibit. The fee for an exhibit table is $1000 unless you are a Preferred Partner (draped tables are provided.) The cost of the social functions varies in price (please contact Joni). Sponsors are invited to participate in a raffle to be held on Feb 1st at the dinner session of the conference; however, your attendance is not a requirement. Prizes may include a television, DVD player, iPod, digital camera, dinner certificates, gift cards, or sports items or any other ideas you may have. For accommodation purposes, we have reserved a block of rooms for the nights of January 31st and February 1st. Reservations can be made online at http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/aflcio2010 or you may contact the hotel directly at 1-888-627-7212 and identify yourself as a member of "The 2010 Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Leadership group" to receive the negotiated rates. To ensure you get the special rate of $129 per night, you must reserve rooms before December 31, 2009. Please note that reserving a room at the Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel does not automatically register you for the leadership conference. All participants must register individually by completing and returning this registration form for those who are NOT Preferred Partners or this form for Preferred Partners. If you have any questions, please contact Joni Bernard at 215-665-9800 ext. 206. Sincerely, Patrick J. Eiding December 8, 2009: Part Time Volunteer Writers and Content Providers Wanted As part of our commitment to provide the Philadelphia area union community with important news and information, PhillyUnions.com is seeking part time volunteer writers and content providers to work as part of our PhillyUnions.com e-newsletter team. Individuals must have a passion for our Philadelphia area union community and an interest in being part of the official online communication network and media platform of the Philadelphia area union community. Minimal time commitment required and individuals work mostly out of the home via email. Interested individuals, please email your contact info to: joedoc@phillyunions.com. December 4, 2009: Nominate a Union leader for A Tribute to Labor Leaders Honor For the purpose of honoring, celebrating and acknowledging the achievements of Philadelphia's premier union leaders who have continued to strive to keep Philadelphia and vicinity one of America's top union regions, PhillyUnions.com is launching our Tribute To Labor Leaders Honor. This outstanding honor recognizes worthy union leaders who are nominated by their members or peers based on excellence in the following areas: contributions, achievements, and dedication towards their own union/membership, the Philadelphia area union community, and/or the Delaware Valley area community. NOMINATE A UNION LEADER: If you would like to nominate a union leader that you feel is worthy of this honor, please submit their name, union name and local number, and a reason why you feel they should be acknowledged for this honor to info@phillyunions.com. March 31, 2009: "Why Union?" -- Your Responses Last week we sent out an email newsletter asking "Why Union? Tell Us in 50 Words or Less." We wanted to hear from you, our union brothers and sisters, why you believe in the union concept and why you are proud to be union. We got some outstanding replies. Here are some of the best: "Being a member of Plumbers 690 allows me access to the best state of the art training available at no cost. The training available to me would cost my non-union competition thousands of dollars a year. I also have excellent health coverage and a pension and annuity that is not interrupted if I change employers. I am always assured that my Union would never allow me to work in an unsafe environment or be unfairly treated by an employer." "We can no longer ask the thousands of workers of the years gone by. The suffering silent who endured under unfair and sometimes brutal working conditions. They can no longer tell of their day to day struggles, the often brutal conditions and the tremendous courage it took to stand and fight for the union. Today we have a new generation, sadly silenced by ignorance. Ignorance of the hard fought gains of the previous generations. We have neglected to tell the stories and pass on the wisdom of the union battles lost and won of previous generations. More than ever we must energize, educate and empower this new generation about why Unions are absolutely vital to their families and the future." "There are a lot of misconceptions of what a union is supposed to be. In my opinion there have been quite a few people that thought getting into the union would be their way of getting a free ride. But the majority of members that I have had the experience of working with in my career have been conscientious of the fact that the better the effort made by them, the easier it is to get people to believe in unions. Unions work to protect our rights and to negotiate fair wages for us. Is it wrong that after working at our career for 30 or more years that we have a retirement fund--annuity--health care for our members? We work at a very hazardous profession. The safety requirements that are in place today came from the union side of labor. These companies are held to a higher standard than they were when I started in 1968. Many times I have witnessed non-union contractors violating OSHA Rules and wondered why they were not being watched and fined by OSHA. I am now convinced that we are held to a higher standard, because we as union workers made them create the standard. Should you be proud to be a union worker, do you speak up when someone says that the union wages are hurting this country? I hope so. Think of where you would be without your union. Would you have received the opportunity to train as you work, for a decent wage as an apprentice? Would you have the health insurance you have? Would you have an annuity, and a retirement fund that is to secure your future? Guess us old guys have too much to say, sorry about the fifty words. My father was a union carpenter for thirty years. He died of asbestosis. With today's safety conscious environment I feel comfortable that my two sons, Millwrights out of Lancaster PA, are safer and I am proud to hand down my union heritage to them." "My whole family were active union members and involved as officers of our union (insulators and asbestos workers) and I myself was a high school dropout. They afforded me the chance to get my high school diploma and get a good job with good wages and great benefits including a great pension and great skills and knowledge of something I would have never figured out on my own. Thank you Local 14 Phila. for the brotherhood." "I feel a great pride stepping on a job site as a union craftsman. I know that job is getting the best of the best with the skilled trades in our construction industry. In today's ever changing world, we are trained in so many different ways to continue to keep up with the technologies of tomorrow. We started this country united as one, so we should continue to build this country united as one with Union, skilled, professional tradesmen, trained to be qualified in today's ever changing construction industry. Brotherhood and fraternal fellowship have proven to keep us united as workers, instead of as strangers." "The rich can not get richer if the little guys like me are not working, and working for fair wages and benefits. It has to trickle up. This way we all have money to spend. The more we spend the more people it takes to make the things we need and want. If the people at Walmart had a union and could afford to buy a house and spend more money at Walmart, I think Walmart could get even bigger. PS: That goes for all the other companies. This country would be booming." "Unions give us strength through unity: the voice and the power necessary to demand a place at the political table and a rightful share of the fruits of our labor. Real democracy is impossible when working people are an underclass, or nothing more than commodities to use and throw away." Thank you all for your great responses! February 25, 2009: SavePFD.com - Sounding the Alarm on Dangerous Cuts to the Phila. Fire Dept. Philadelphia Fire Fighters' Union Local 22 urges all Philadelphia area residents and union members and families to visit our new web site, SavePFD.com, to learn about the dangerous impact of Mayor Nutter's cuts to the Fire Department and what you can do about it. This is a critical situation that directly affects your safety and that of your family. Thank you. February 25, 2009: Phila. Art Museum Security Guards Need Your Help "Mrs. Harrity, The Museum Must Obey The Law." The Philadelphia Museum of Art used to treat its security guards right. In 1994, the security guards that protect our city's most priceless artifacts earned $14/hour and were protected by a union. Then, during a budget crisis like the one that we now face, then Mayor Ed Rendell sub-contracted them. Overnight, more than 100 good, union jobs disappeared and were replaced with jobs that paid poverty wages, lacked any meaningful health care, career opportunities, fair annual raises, job protections or pensions. A decade of exploitation has not deterred the guards' desire for justice and fair treatment. Last year security guards at the museum began organizing and agitating for the basic human right to take time off to recover from illness or injury without being penalized. Last year, one week after Labor Day, a representative of museum CEO Gail Harrity announced that for the first time in 14 years the security officers would have paid sick leave. Soon after this victory the guards had signed up a majority of their co-workers on union recognition cards. Now they need your help to make museum leaders do the right thing by 1) publicly recognizing the PSOU as the voice of the guards at the museum; 2) publicly making a plan to comply with the Philadelphia prevailing wage law; 3) publicly insuring that workers will play a role in the process of bringing the museum into legal compliance. We need to make sure that our city government enforces the worker protection laws that they pass and that our city's institutions do not shirk their responsibilities to normal working people. Please visit the following site for full details and to take action: http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/museum_guards/explanation February 24, 2009: Comey Classes, Int'l Women's Day Celebration, More For detailed news and information about the All Star Labor Classic, St. Joseph's 2009 Comey Institute Spring Class Schedule, the International Women's Day Celebration 2009 and more, please visit the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO's news page at http://phillyunions.com/aflcio/index.php?pageid=news. June 20, 2008: Union Hotels This is to inform you of UNITE HERE!'s request that for any functions or conferences scheduled in the Northeast section of Philadelphia requiring use of a hotel, to please patronize the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel located at 9461 Roosevelt Blvd. The main phone number is 215-671-9600 and the General Mgr. is Lori Simpson. If a full list of union Philadelphia hotels is needed please call UNITE HERE! Local 274 at 215-751-9770 or visit the union hotel guide link at http://www.unitehere.org.
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