On Saturday morning, eight of us headed down to Baltimore for a United Workers Association Allies and Advisors meeting.

Labor Justice radio is a monthly radio program that advocates justice for all working people. This program addresses issues that affect Philly's union members, working families and their surrounding communities. The show is produced collaboratively by members of Unite Here, SEIU Local 32 BJ, the United Taxi Workers Alliance of Pennsylvania and Media Mobilizing Project. Labor Justice Radio airs on West Philadelphia's community radio station, WPEB 88.1FM. Labor Justice Radio provides news and analysis from the perspective of working people.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Unified Taxi Workers Alliance (UTWA) held a pre-Labor Day rally with taxi driver, labor, student, and community leaders from around the city and beyond.

In Philadelphia right now, seventy schools are in what is called Corrective Action 2, because they have not made Adequate Yearly Progress on standardized tests. The School District has put forward a ‘menu of options’ for what can happen to these schools. These options include privatization, which involve turning over public schools to private companies, called Education Management Organizations.
The following article was written by a student at King High School, a school that was taken over by a private company--Foundations Inc.--in 2002.