The Philadelphia Joint Board has filed a complaint in court that accuses AraMark of not paying earned overtime to workers at Citizens Bank Park, home the Phillies baseball team, Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Eagles NFL football team, and the Spectrum, home of the Flyers NHL hockey team. The complaint further alledges that AraMark deducts a half hour from any worker who puts in six hours or more whether they took a break or not. The Philadelphia Joint Board says this is "wage theft" plain and simple.
 

On Thursday, members of Act-Up Philly, Geo-Clan, Public School Notebook, Workers United, The Taxi Workers Alliance, Philadelphia Student Union, Media Mobilizing Project and many others, joined the striking nurses on the picket line at Temple Hospital.  The event came eight days after th

 
Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) Director Timothy Rub had remained neutral in the unionizing effort of AlliedBarton security services guards posted at the Museum. Yesterday, however, union activists who were lobbying members of Philadelphia City Council were surprised and excited to find out that Museum leadership had declared its support for the union in a written statement to City Councilman At-Large, William K. Greenlee.

WE, the Temple workers are standing strong in our efforts to show temple that we are to be respected and valued for what we do everyday. It is a tough battle but still one definately worth fighting.
 
Editors Note: Carolyn is a GI technician at Temple Hospital. She participated in a media training class MMP put on with the United Way last fall. She is a member and leader of the Pennsylvania Association of School Nurses and Practitioners (PASNAP) currently on the picket line.