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PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · Aug 25

Congratulations to the 1,000 nurses at Magee who voted to unionize in a historic election.

When workers fight, workers win. ✊ www.cbsnews.com/amp/pittsbur...

Nearly 1,000 UPMC Magee-Womens Hospitals nurses vote to unionize

Those in favor of a union at the hospital say the push came so that they can have more time with their patients along with having a seat at the decision-making table.

www.cbsnews.com

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PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · Aug 22

The same legislators who claim that the state government doesn't have enough money to fund essential services refuse to consider a solution staring them in the face.

We need to tax the rich & make PA's billionaires pay their fair share.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Pennsylvania’s budget crisis is political, not fiscal | Opinion

The budget fight isn’t over; there are solutions on the table. But we’re done accepting a system where the richest man in the state gets a free ride while the rest of us are told to tighten our belts.

www.inquirer.com

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PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · Aug 21

Call GOP State Senators who represent the Philadelphia region & urge them to pass a bill fully funding SEPTA.

Senator Frank Farry: (215) 638-1784
Senator Tracy Pennycuick: (215) 541-2388
Senator Joe Picozzi: (215)-281-2539

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PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · Aug 21

Republicans in Harrisburg are holding SEPTA hostage to make traffic & transit worse for the Eagles’ home opener the season after winning the Super Bowl.

www.crossingbroad.com/news/eagles/...

Eagles Home Opener Looks Like It'll Be One Giant Traffic Shit Show Because of SEPTA Situation

The home opener between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys looks like it'll be a traffic nightmare if SEPTA doesn't get funding.

www.crossingbroad.com

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PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · Aug 19

We strongly support the nurses at UPMC Magee standing up & fighting for the working conditions they deserve.

UPMC needs to stop the union-busting and put its workers and patients first.

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Aug 18

I proudly stand with the nearly 1000 nurses at UPMC Magee Hospital in Pittsburgh in their fight for patient care and safe staffing.

Rather than put nurses and patients first, UPMC has run a vicious anti-union campaign.

UPMC must get serious and respect its workers.

Nurses union advances at UPMC’s Magee-Womens Hospital

About 1,000 nurses at Magee-Womens Hospital will vote to decide whether they’d like to be represented by SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania. The organizing effort is the latest in a growing labor movement a...

www.wesa.fm

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Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT) @pftlocal3.bsky.social · Aug 13

Our members head back to work on Monday & welcome students back to school on 8/25. A strike is always a last resort; after all, we're parents of Philly school students, too.

The 1-year extension of our last CBA gave the School District ample notice of members' needs. Where's the urgency, SDP?

PFT members and union leaders update the press and public on contract negotiations. A 1-year extension of the PFT's last contract, ratified in 2021, expires on August 31st.

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PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · Aug 11

PA Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman is out raising money today at a high dollar fundraiser instead of working to pass a state budget.

We suggest giving him a call at (724) 357-0151 to let him know you feel about that. ⛳️

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PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · Jul 15

This FRIDAY, join us for Councilmember Kendra Brooks’s annual birthday party & fundraiser!

RSVP and donate here! 👇

kbwfp.com/bday-2025

Flyer for Councilmember Kendra Brooks’s Birthday Party and Fundraiser.

Friday July 18 from 4pm - 7pm.

Cavanaugh’s River Deck, 417 N. Christopher Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia PA 19123.

RSVP and donate at kbwfp.com/bday-2025.

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Michael Scott @m152.bsky.social · Jul 11

Pittsburgh followers, just learned of this event with @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social on the 31st and I'm going to check it out. www.mobilize.us/pa-wfp/event...

Thank You, Pittsburgh! Now what's next? · Pennsylvania Working Families Party

We fought hard. We built power. And now, it's time for us to reconnect! Join us for a thank you & what's next event for all of the volunteers, organizers, and allies who made Team Gainey a movement t...

www.mobilize.us

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PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · Jul 7

Trash piling up? Libraries & pools closed? Long wait times for emergency calls?

Text DC33 to 30403 to contact the Mayor's office & tell them to give striking AFSCME DC 33 workers a fair contract.

A pile of trash next to a Philadelphia city trash can with a sign posted on it saying “Mayor Parker pick up your trash, give DC 33 a raise”.

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PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · Jul 3

Last month, Mayor Cherelle Parker's city budget gave tax cuts to the wealthiest corporations in Philly. Now, she claims there's no money left for striking city workers to make a living wage.

Text DC33 to 30403 to contact the Mayor's office & tell her to give AFSCME DC 33 workers a fair contract.

TELL MAYOR CHERELLE PARKER: PAY CITY WORKERS A LIVING WAGE.

TEXT DC33 TO 30403.

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PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · Jul 2

The PA Working Families Party State Committee stands in solidarity with the workers of AFSCME DC 33 who made the difficult decision to go on strike.

It's time for the city to provide them with a fair contract and the benefits they deserve.

Today, the Working Families Party State Committee is writing in support of the AFSCME DC 33 workers who have made the difficult decision to go on strike as a result of unfair pay and benefits. No worker wants to go on strike — but the city's refusal to offer a fair contract has led the workers of AFSCME DC 33 to have no other option but to walk off of the job.

These workers make Philadelphia run. They’re our city employees ranging from 911 dispatchers to water department and sanitation workers to school crossing guards. They keep our children safe and our city clean.

These workers are not asking for a lot: an increase in pay, a stronger pension plan, and more support on the job. The city should provide these resources and more to the people who make this city work. And we should make sure that these workers aren’t priced out, providing enough pay and benefits for them to stay in the city.

The city’s most recent offer would increase out-of-pocket healthcare costs, weaken sick leave policies, and raise wages by rates lower than inflation, effectively resulting in a pay cut. That’s not acceptable.

At a time when the city of Philadelphia has just passed a budget that gave tax cuts to the richest corporations in the city, the administration has a moral imperative to provide the workers of the city with decent pay and benefits.

That’s why we stand in solidarity with the workers of AFSCME DC 33. It’s time for the city to provide them with a fair contract and the benefits they deserve.

Signed,

The PA Working Families Party State Committee

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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · Jun 23

Republicans are telling us they don’t have the money to feed hungry families, or provide healthcare to people depending on Medicaid. Meanwhile, the Pentagon gets a blank check.

Join the next Mass Call to understand this moment and how you can take action: wfpus.org/healthcareno...

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J.J. Abbott @jjabbott.bsky.social · Jun 9

Rapid response rallies today in Pennsylvania in solidarity with David Huerta and against ICE terrorizing communities, workers and families.

Philadelphia:
4pm, 6th and Market

Pittsburgh:
2pm, Grant and Liberty

Harrisburg:
2pm, Capitol Rotunda

Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · Jun 6

EVERYBODY WATCH.

ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.

Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.

He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.

Don’t turn away.

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PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · Jun 9

TODAY, in cities across PA, rally to free David Huerta & end the Trump administration's ICE raids.

PHILLY: 4pm at Independence Hall

PITTSBURGH: 2pm at the corner of Grant & Liberty

HARRISBURG: 2pm at the Capitol Rotunda

actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · Jun 8

On Friday, ICE agents in military gear launched raids across Los Angeles.

SEIU, USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured, & detained while advocating for immigrant workers.

Find an event TOMORROW to demand ICE frees him & ends ICE raids! actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

#FreeDavidEndRaids

On Friday afternoon, military-gear-clad ICE agents launched aggressive raids throughout Los Angeles. At one location, SEIU-USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured and detained while advocat...

actionnetwork.org

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PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · Jun 8

On Friday, ICE agents in military gear launched raids across Los Angeles.

SEIU, USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured, & detained while advocating for immigrant workers.

Find an event TOMORROW to demand ICE frees him & ends ICE raids! actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

#FreeDavidEndRaids

On Friday afternoon, military-gear-clad ICE agents launched aggressive raids throughout Los Angeles. At one location, SEIU-USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured and detained while advocat...

actionnetwork.org

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PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · Jun 5

If you or your neighbor encounters ICE, know your rights & what to do 👇

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PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · Jun 4

Contact your state legislators TODAY & tell them there should be NO state budget without transit funding!

www.transitforallpa.org/takeaction/?...

Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · Jun 4

Both Gov. Josh Shapiro and House Majority Leader Matt Bradford, the top two Democratic negotiators in budget talks, have declined to say whether they would hold up the state budget over mass transit funding.

Josh Shapiro and top Democrats say SEPTA and mass transit funding is a priority, but won’t say whether they’ll hold up the budget over it

The main negotiators at the table with the Senate GOP, Gov. Josh Shapiro and House Majority Leader Matt Bradford (D., Philadelphia) won't publicly draw a line in the sand over mass transit funding.

www.inquirer.com

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Ed Gainey @gaineyformayor.com · May 20

CommUnity Good Morning 🌞.

It’s Election Day and it’s time to go get it! Polls are open until 8 pm.

This election is about serving the people or the powerful, and I’ve always served the people.

Our future is dependent on what we do today so let’s get it done!

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PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · May 20

PENNSYLVANIA! Polls are OPEN!

Vote for your WFP-endorsed candidates TODAY before 8pm.

Find your polling place here👇

vote.pa/find/polls

PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · Apr 11

We're excited to endorse 37 local, judicial, and municipal candidates ahead of the May 20th primary. This cycle, we:

✅ Received our highest number of endorsement applications EVER.

✅ Endorsed one of our largest slates EVER.

✅ Will support candidates across all of PA.

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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · May 13

Join us on Saturday, May 17th from 7-8:30pm ET for a Benefits Over Billionaires town hall in Allentown, PA. If Republicans won’t hold town halls, we will.

@paworkingfamilies.bsky.social
@protectourcare.org
@pastandsup.bsky.social

www.mobilize.us/pa-wfp/event...

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PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · May 9

Yesterday, @kendraphlcouncil.bsky.social's POWER Act passed the city council.

In the face of Trump’s efforts to dismantle worker protections nationally, we cannot idly sit by.

Other cities need to follow Philly's lead and expand labor rights at the local level.

The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · May 8

Today, Philly passed the POWER or Protect Our Workers Enforce Rights Act: the most significant legislation to offer sweeping protections for workers since Trump’s election.

How Philadelphia is Fighting Back Against Donald Trump’s Anti-Worker Crusade.

The Protect Our Workers Enforce Rights Act can serve as a model for cities all across the country.

bit.ly

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PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · May 8

Thanks to the advocacy of @kendraphlcouncil.bsky.social, @domesticworkers.bsky.social, and so many other councilmembers, leaders, and partners, the POWER Act is now PASSED.

This will expand protections for over 750k workers & make Philly one of the most pro-worker cities in the country.

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PA Working Families 🐺 @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social · Apr 29

Thank you @kendraphlcouncil.bsky.social, @domesticworkers.bsky.social, and ALL partners for making this happen.

Let's get the POWER Act passed & expand worker protections in Philadelphia. www.phillytrib.com/news/local_n...

City Council seeks to better defend labor rights in Philly and across U.S.

With workers’ rights at risk under the Donald Trump administration, a bill passed Friday by a City Council committee hopes to bolster existing protections locally and become the template to

www.phillytrib.com

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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · Apr 26

On May 17th, I'm hosting a town hall with @protectourcare.org, @paworkingfamilies.bsky.social, @pastandsup.bsky.social, and other progressive partners in Republican-held PA-07. If Republicans won’t hold town halls, we will. Join us: www.mobilize.us/rokhanna/eve...

Benefits Over Billionaires in Allentown, PA: Ro Khanna, Protect Our Care, & Progressive Partners! · Ro For Congress

On May 17th, I'm hosting a town hall with Protect Our Care and other progressive partners in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Allentown's congressional district, PA-07, is one of the congressional districts h...

www.mobilize.us

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