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Marriott workers say they are drowning in credit union fees

BY: Juliana Feliciano Reyes Out of the roughly $30,000 that Amos Troyah made last year as a dishwasher at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, $2,000 went toward…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithOctober 17, 2018
Economic JusticeNews

Summit rallies forces to fight easing of federal lending law

The Community Reinvestment Act has enabled capital to flow into minority communities throughout the country that previously were denied access to loans. Now the Trump…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithOctober 11, 2018
Economic JusticeNewsPublications

Mayor Kenney proposes minimum wage hike for Philly employees, contractors

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced legislation on Wednesday to incrementally raise the minimum wage for city employees and contract workers to $15 by July 1,…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithSeptember 28, 2018
Economic JusticePublications

Philadelphia mayor wants to raise minimum wage to $15 for city workers, contractors

Philadelphia's mayor has proposed increasing the minimum wage for city workers and employees of city contractors to $15 an hour by July 2022. City workers…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithSeptember 27, 2018
Economic JusticeNewsPublications

Kenney pushes raising city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour

BY: Michael D'Onofrio Mayor Jim Kenney aims to raise the minimum wage in phases for some workers in the city to $15 an hour by 2022.…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithSeptember 27, 2018
Economic JusticeNewsPublications

Kenney Wants $15 Minimum Wage for City Employees, Contractors

BY: Claire Sasko Mayor Jim Kenney is pushing to raise the minimum wage to $15 for city employees contractors. Kenney is scheduled to announce on Wednesday proposed…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithSeptember 27, 2018
Climate JusticeEconomic JusticeNewsPublications

Why labor has embraced immigrant rights – and 9 more examples of Philly intersectionality

BY: Juliana Feliciano Reyes Last month, 2,000 workers and labor leaders sporting brightly colored shirts and waving "Libertad y justicia para todos" signs marched through Old City…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithSeptember 11, 2018
Economic JusticeNewsPublications

It took 6 years for PHL airport workers to double their pay to $12 an hour. Here’s how they did it

BY: Juliana Feliciano Reyes In 2012, Onetha McKnight and her coworkers would vent about what seemed unfair about their jobs. Their biggest worry, said McKnight, who had…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithJune 12, 2018
Criminal Justice ReformEconomic JusticeNewsPublications

Clergy stage sit-in at Philadelphia Starbucks over arrest of two black men

BY: Julia Hatmaker Outrage over the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks continued on the evening of April 16. The two men had…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithMay 3, 2018
Criminal Justice ReformEconomic JusticeNewsPublications

Protesters stage sit-ins at two Starbucks

BY: Samaria Bailey Philadelphians Organized to Witness Empower and Rebuild (POWER) staged sit-ins at two separate Starbucks in Center City Monday evening, protesting what they called…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithMay 3, 2018
Criminal Justice ReformEconomic JusticeNewsPublications

Spokesman: Philly Starbucks manager no longer employed at store

BY: FOX 9 PHILADELPHIA -  The Center City Starbucks manager who called police, leading to the controversial arrest of two black men, is no longer an…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithMay 3, 2018
Criminal Justice ReformEconomic JusticeNewsPublications

Churches encourage congregations to be civically engaged

BY: Samaria Bailey  As they work to close the gap where public programs have not been able to support the city’s underserved communities, Philadelphia churches know,…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithMay 3, 2018
Criminal Justice ReformEconomic JusticeNews

Starbucks ‘Contrite’ in Meetings With Philadelphia Officials as Outrage Persists Over Arrest of Black Men at Cafe

BY: Vince Lattanzio, Alicia Victoria Lozano, Lauren Mayk and Steven Fisher Starbucks’ leadership team embarked on an apology tour through Philadelphia Monday as they attempted to…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithMay 3, 2018
Criminal Justice ReformEconomic JusticeNews

Cafe shut down after protesters enter, chanting ‘Starbucks coffee is anti-black!’

BY: Eliott C. McLaughlin Anger over two black men being perp-walked out of a Philadelphia Starbucks continued to simmer Monday, with protests that briefly shut…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithMay 3, 2018
Criminal Justice ReformEconomic JusticeNewsPublications

Starbucks to Close Stores for an Afternoon for Bias Training

BY: Alexandra Olson and Joseph Pisani Starbucks, moving swiftly to confront a racially charged uproar over the arrest of two black men at one of its…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithMay 3, 2018
Economic JusticeNewsPublications

Workers fast to recognize anniversary of King’s assassination

BY: Ayana Jones Local hospitality workers, clergy and allies recognized the 50th anniversary of civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by participating in…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithApril 5, 2018
Economic JusticeNewsPublications

Clergy protests for Aloft hospitality workers

BY: Samaria Bailey A group of 12 clergy and hospitality workers were arrested for staging a sit-in on behalf of workers’ rights at the Aloft Hotel…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithOctober 24, 2017

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