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Immigrant-Led Organizing Points the Way to a Better World for All Workers

Let’s follow the lead of immigrant workers organizing for a world without borders — this May Day and beyond. ....

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Philly workers, city council push for more funding to protect workers

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A SEPTA bus approaches City Hall in a bus lane.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia made headlines for passing a slate of worker protections laws between 2015 and 2021. The Office of Worker Protections oversees the enforcement of such laws, intended to give workers a heads up about their schedules, keep sick people from working, ensure domestic workers have paid time off, and to protect workers who speak up about COVID-19 conditions, among many other protections.
But, the office is too strapped to do its job, said city councilmembers and workers’ rights groups who are demanding more funding. The current staffing level allows employers to violate the laws with impunity, and cases to languish, according to low-wage workers who have had contact with the office. ....

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