Labor Link in an update published by the General Building Contractors Association (GBCA) for the purpose of communicating information on labor negotiations and labor matters to the GBCA membership, media and other parties interested in the union construction labor market in Philadelphia.

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  • Update: Philly Produce Workers Go on Strike

    NOTE: The first 20 seconds of the video is a commercial. Please wait to view the Channel Six News Story. source abclocal.go.com
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  • Musicians Take Pay Cuts to Keep Orchestra Going

    Management and musicians in the Philadelphia Orchestra have agreed to take pay cuts to help the struggling orchestra stabilize. Through contract modifications, the orchestra says concessions by their musicians have helped them save $4.5 million, in addition to the $3.5 million they already gave up in the past two-and-a-half years. The deal was reached over four weeks [...]
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  • City pension-fund shortfall comes to $5B ? & counting

    According to Philly.com, after $1 BILLION in investment losses, Philadelphia’s municipal pension fund has sunk into its biggest hole yet – about $5 billion short of the assets it should be holding to pay future retirement benefits to thousands of city employees. An actuarial report prepared for the city pension board says that the system’s assets, [...]
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  • Committee of Seventy: Labor Costs and the Budget

    The Committee of Seventy has released the following in regards to the City Budget and City labor costs: This week ? Thursday, March 4th ? Mayor Nutter will give his annual budget address to the city. Yet, of the four unions that represent around 20,000 of the city?s 23,000 workers, only one ? the Fraternal Order [...]
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