Lizzy McLellan Ravitch

At Bright Little Scholars’ two Philadelphia locations, director and pre-K teacher Mercedes Fleet employed 21 different people throughout 2023. She only has five staff positions.

After more than two decades, graduate student workers at the University of Pennsylvania have voted to form a union.

By Lizzy McLellan Ravitch, The Philadelphia Inquirer Published: May 5, 2024, 6:00am

“Now you have to look at each and every prescription you fill and say, ‘Am I losing money?’" pharmacist Brad Tabaac said.

Last Monday, Friendly Pharmacy filled 318 prescriptions. For about 100 of them, insurance companies paid the pharmacy less than $3.

Chobani employees had a request for management at a recent town hall: free coffee.

Advocates have pointed to government-funded bonuses for preschool and childcare workers as an important first step in addressing a worsening labor crisis.

As the warehousing industry in Philadelphia expanded and development boomed, so, too, did warehouse employment.

As the warehousing industry in Philadelphia expanded and development boomed, so, too, did warehouse employment.

The most plentiful jobs, at the entry level, are often physically demanding.