⛔ Sheraton hotel workers walked off the job during a strike yesterday, a stark development as the city welcomes thousands of World Cup visitors.
The union is pushing for a $30-an-hour minimum wage by 2028, plus improved benefits and expanded health care coverage. (NBC 10)
⚖️ ICYMI: A federal appeals court ruled late last week that Philadelphia cannot prevent the federal government from removing references to slavery at the President's House exhibit.
The displays had been restored after a lower court ordered the Trump administration to reinstall them amid its broader fight against what it called "improper ideology." (New York Times)
🗣️Quote du Jour:
"I view it as one of our real life-saving duties. If we can get an abuser out of a house at 8pm on a Friday instead of 9am on a Monday … you could save a person's life."
— Bucks County Sheriff Danny Ceisler on his office's push to prioritize domestic violence cases, a shift that led to more than 440 protection orders being served between February and May, compared with 70 during the same period last year
