When PECO workers, who repair lines in storms and do other dangerous work to keep our electricity flowing, asked for their pensions back, executives from Philadelphia’s profitable electric utility said no.
After months of failed negotiations, the workers finally decided to go on strike, union president Larry Anastasi tells the Philadelphia Hall Monitor in this week’s livestream.
Also on this week’s episode, consumer reporter Lance Haver digs into the price of eggs and the antitrust case that just ended in a slap-on-the-wrist settlement against three major egg producers.
And co-hosts Larry McGlynn and Denise Clay-Murray are counting the days since Pennsylvania’s late state budget was due.
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