The Philadelphia Inquirer

By Rick Bloomingdale and Stephen Herzenberg

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'What the hell?" wrote an out-of-state friend after reading about the foreign students paying for the privilege of packaging Hershey products at a warehouse not far from the town bearing the company's name. It's the type of scheme that would make the owner of a Mexican maquiladora blush.

HARRISBURG, PA (December 1, 2009)— In the 25 largest metropolitan areas of the United States, including Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, immigrants are contributing to the economy in very close proportion to their share of the population, according to a report released this week by the Fiscal Policy Institute in New York. The report looks at all immigrants – documented and undocumented, across the economic spectrum.

Has Labor Been Left Hanging?
By Sarah Jaffe

August 31, 2009

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is a recognizable icon even to those who have never set foot in the city. Immortalized in the movie Rocky, when a sweatsuit-clad Sylvester Stallone bounded up the stairs while training for his big fight, the museum became a symbol of the working-class tenacity that Philadelphians are known for...

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HARRISBURG, PA (Dec. 8, 2008) — The financial woes of the U.S. auto industry are not just a Detroit problem but could impact the economies of states across the nation, according to a new study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) in Washington, D.C.