PRO Act

Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Applauds Attorney General’s Charges Against Employer’s Fraud

(HARRISBURG, PA) Today, Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced criminal charges against the major anti-union company, Glenn O. Hawbaker Incorporated, which has fleeced workers, honest companies, and the Commonwealth of more than $20 million. The charges announced today are the largest Davis-Bacon prevailing wage case in U.S. Read More

Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Applauds President Biden’s Historic Infrastructure Investment

(HARRISBURG, PA) Today, President Joe Biden announced a historic investment in infrastructure and good jobs, proposing a New Deal for the 21st century. Not since the Great Depression have Americans experienced the level of economic devastation that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought. We know that the freedom to come together in a union is essential for making any job a good job. Fittingly, the 46th President of the United States chose a Union hall in Pennsylvania, the Carpenters’ Training Center in Pittsburgh, to launch this initiative to build back better. Read More

Union Nurse Leaders at Lehigh Valley Hospital Network Schuylkill Hospital Speak Out About Quality Care and the PRO Act

This press release comes from the Office and Professional Employees International Union. OPEIU Local 112 represents nurses across Pennsylvania in both private and public sector. We are proud to be Nurses United for Quality Care. On Thursday, March 25th at noon, while the Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce and Schuylkill Hospital’s Attorney, Edward J. Read More