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A news release from Mayor Catherine E. Pugh's office Friday morning says Deputy Commissioner Darryl DeSousa will take Kevin Davis' place.
In the Air: Renounce a Sexist Past
AFA-CWA
Flight Attendants, about 80% women, are ongoing victims of sexual harassment and sexual assault. Not that long ago, the industry marketed the objectification of "stewardesses," a job only available to young, single, perfectly polished women who until 1993 were required to step on a weight scale. Our union was formed to give women a voice and to beat back discrimination and misogyny faced on the job.
We defined our careers at the bargaining table, in the courts and on Capitol Hill. We taught the country to leave the word "stewardess" in the history books. But the industry never disavowed the marketing schemes featuring short skirts, hot pants, and ads that had young women saying things like "I’m Cheryl, fly me."
Even today, we are called pet names, patted on the rear when a passenger wants our attention, cornered in the back galley and asked about our "hottest" layover, and subjected to incidents not fit for print. Like the rest of our society, flight attendants have never had reason to believe that reports of the sexual harassment we experience on the job would be taken...
Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf Expands Overtime Rules to Benefit Working People
The officers of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, President Rick Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder, issued the following joint statement on Gov. Tom Wolf’s overtime expansion announcement:
For the last four decades, too many working people have been denied fair compensation for their dedication and productivity. Governor Wolf’s actions are a crucial first step to correcting this imbalance and changing the rules of the economy to benefit Pennsylvania’s workers. Now more than ever, while the federal government is repealing workplace and wage protections for working people, the governor’s initiative on this matter is critically important.
Read the governor’s official announcement below:
Governor Wolf to Modernize Outdated Overtime Rules to Strengthen the Middle Class and Provide Fairness for Workers
Today, as part of his "Jobs That Pay" initiative, Governor Tom Wolf announced a proposal to strengthen the middle class by modernizing Pennsylvania’s outdated overtime rules to increase the pay of nearly half-a-million people to ensure they are compensated...
Jordyn Wieber, a member of the 2012 Olympic gymnastics team, made a surprise appearance at Larry Nassar's sex-abuse sentencing hearing.
Researchers made a mutant flu virus, then used it to make a better influenza vaccine
USA Gymnastics says athletes won't have to train at the Karolyi Ranch, where some gymnasts say they were molested by doctor Larry Nassar.
"He just thought he was so powerful he thought he could do anything," Susan Braudy told "Today" in her first on-camera interview about the alleged incidents.
More U.S. kids are getting their full series of vaccines, but more and more parents are also refusing vaccinations, new health insurance data show.
"He just thought he was so powerful he thought he could do anything," Susan Braudy told "Today" in her first on-camera interview about the alleged incidents.
In his final statement, Anthony Shore, 55, was apologetic and his voice cracked with emotion. "No amount of words or apology could ever undo what I've done," Shore said.
