Vox’s Nicole Narea reports on the federal agency that is supposed to protect workers from unsafe conditions caused by Covid-19. Non-union workers have been facing perilous conditions when depending on state and federal regulators like Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to ...
Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorney Quoted on Wage Theft Case
Ryan Allen Hancock was recently quoted in an article that discusses the Philadelphia Wage Theft Case that rewarded victims up to $48,000 each. After approximately two years, a wage and hour lawsuit filed by a Willig, Williams & Davidson lawyer has come to a verdict. Mitchell Goldberg, U.S. ...
Union Workers represented by Willig, Williams & Davidson have voted to strike
Ryan Hancock, represents the health-care workers at St. Monica Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare who voted to strike in April. A majority of the 130 unionized workers at St. Monica Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare, a nursing home in South Philadelphia hit hard by the ...
Philly Port Workers Union Pushed for Safety Precautions
Since mid-March, International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1291, representing thousands of workers who load and unload ships in the Port of Philadelphia, repeatedly called for better safety precautions. After Company responses fell short, the union was forced to increase its pressure. ...
Workers Question ‘Are We Essential or Disposable?’
As more essential employees test positive following exposures in the workplace, management often fails or refuses to tell them who has tested positive and where, leaving workers on edge about their own exposure and wondering if they are essential or just disposable. Essential workers are not only ...
Willig, Williams & Davidson Of Council Provides Expert Opinion on Three Class-Action Lawsuits
Ryan Allen Hancock provided expert opinion in Berg v. Ontario Hockey League et al. On Friday, May 15, 2020 the parties in Berg v. Ontario Hockey League et al., reached a 30-million-dollar settlement. The class action lawsuits were filed in 2014 and the plaintiffs, major junior hockey players, ...
Labor Attorney Nancy Lassen talks to NBC 10 About the Coronavirus Pandemic Endangering Meat Plant Workers
Willig, Williams & Davidson Partner Nancy B. G. Lassen was quoted in a report by NBC 10 on the ongoing struggle of employee safety in the facilities processing the meat supply during the coronavirus pandemic. Highlighting the people on the front lines of local plant exposures, closures and ...
Labor Attorney Nancy Lassen Discusses Coronavirus Exposures and How Employees Can Protect Their Rights
Willig, Williams & Davidson partner Nancy B. G. Lassen was quoted by The Philadelphia Inquirer on the workplace safety issue of the new coronavirus exposures. Many more workplace exposures will likely occur as the economy gradually re-opens. There are no laws that specifically require ...
NBC 10 Reports on Willig, William and Davidson Partner Michael Dryden’s Fight for Cancer Treatment for Firefighters
NBC10 investigative reporter Mitch Blacher reports that local firefighters are fighting with the city over rejected cancer claims despite a state law intended to force cities into covering cancer care as a work-related injury. Michael Dryden who represents Scott Sladek and ...
Hazardous Conditions at the Philadelphia School District Prompt Deborah R. Willig on Behalf of Philadelphia Federation of Teachers to File a Lawsuit
Deborah Willig, Managing Partner, was quoted in a report by NPR on the ongoing asbestos and lead contamination in the Philadelphia School District that prompted the firm’s client, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers to file a lawsuit on behalf of the Federation. The teachers union demands ...