Ben Sears
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ben Sears
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U.S.
West Philly tenants’ struggle exposes affordable housing crisis
August 10, 2022Labor rallies around Black-majority neighborhood targeted by gentrification.
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Politics
Elected officials and unions urge HEROES Act passage; blast Trump and McConnell
September 3, 2020The event was part of the nationwide “Day of Action” initiated by the AFT to call attention to the urgent need for the White House and Senate to move on passage of the HEROES Act.
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Environment
American Federation of Teachers endorses Green New Deal
September 1, 2020The union is now one of four national unions that have endorsed the GND.
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Labor
Union marchers tell American Airlines: “Healthcare is a human right!”
October 28, 2019The chants resonated across busy lanes of rush hour traffic as a dense, boisterous crowd of American Airlines workers and supporters rallied to call for quality affordable healthcare.
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U.S.
Philly labor hosts first ever “Workers’ Presidential Summit”
September 24, 2019Last spring Pat Eiding, President of the Philadelphia AFL-CIO Council, urged his members to start getting ready for the 2020 Presidential campaign.
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World
Veteran Communist activist Rita “Rookie” Perna wins prestigious Mandela Award
September 25, 2018Previous recipients have included Native American activist and political prisoner Leonard Peltier, the Cuban Five, and Philadelphia health care activist Sylvia Metzler.
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U.S.
Philadelphia announces plans to cancel contract with ICE
August 8, 2018Immigrant rights activists have long argued, and the mayor confirmed, that ICE has been using info from an arrest database to target immigrants.
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Labor
Philadelphia area labor: ‘Janus won’t stop us!’
June 28, 2018“Our power is in the workers' movement,” said Dan Symonds, a teacher and rank-and-file member of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers.
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