HARRISBURG, Pa., May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/  Today, a West Berks Water Authority worker, Cody Gipprich, was tragically killed on the job in Wyomissing. Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Rick Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder issued the following joint statement: Our thoughts go out to the family of Cody Gipprich, who was killed today at the West Berks Water Authority. The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO puts the health and safety of all workers above all other issues, whether they are organized in a union or not. This latest tragedy once again shines a light on the fact that some 500,000 Pennsylvania public sector workers do not have the same OSHA-like protection as all other workers in the State. For more than thirty years, Pennsylvania s unions have been fighting for public sector OSHA
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HARRISBURG, Pa., May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, a West Berks Water Authority worker, Cody Gipprich, was tragically killed on the job in Wyomissing. Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Rick Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder issued the following joint statement: Our thoughts go out to the family of Cody Gipprich, who was killed today at the West Berks Water Authority. The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO puts the health and safety of all workers above all other issues, whether they are organized in a union or not. This latest tragedy once again shines a light on the fact that some 500,000 Pennsylvania public sector workers do not have the same OSHA-like protection as all other workers in the State. For more than thirty years, Pennsylvania s unions have been fighting for public sector OSHA
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HARRISBURG, Pa., May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ This week, the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO issued a letter to United States Steel Corporation s President and CEO David B. Burritt criticizing its decision to end the promised $1.5 billion upgrade to its Pittsburgh facilities. State Federation President Rick Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder call for U.S. Steel to reconsider and reinvest in Pennsylvania. Dear David B. Burritt:
Like countless others, the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO remains shocked, disappointed, and bewildered with U.S. Steel s decision to abruptly end the promised $1.5 billion-dollar upgrade to your Pittsburgh facilities. Over the years we have diligently and cooperatively worked with your government affairs team and the Pennsylvania Steel Alliance to encourage new manufacturing in the Commonwealth and beyond.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ On Friday, April 16, the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (PLRB) issued a decision in favor of the university workers right to organize and join a union. The officers of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, President Rick Bloomingdale, and Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder issued the following statement on behalf of the State Federation s Executive Council: This decision is the most recent reaffirmation of Pitt workers rights in their years-long fight to join a union. The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO calls on the University of Pittsburgh to respect the legally recognized rights of its university workers. The University has resorted to an age-old tactic of anti-union employers with their attempt to flood the bargaining unit and dilute the community of interest. It is time for this obstructionism to stop. The University of Pittsburgh must follow the directive of the PLRB and finally let the workers decide
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