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PFT, AFTPA, AFT FILE SECOND AMICUS BRIEF IN LANDMARK SCHOOL FUNDING TRIAL

PHILADELPHIA—For the second time, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT), the American Federation of Teachers Pennsylvania (AFTPA), and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) filed an amicus "friend of the court" brief in support of the landmark school funding trial.

Access our newly filed brief here. Access our 2015 brief here.

Since before the trial's inception and throughout the years of preparation and court hearings, our unions and members have been staunch advocates for the fair funding of public education. Indeed, collectively with the plaintiffs, lawyers, advocates, and so

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AFT Pennsylvania Statement On Governor Wolf’s Budget Proposal

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Plymouth Meeting, PA, February 8, 2022—On behalf of its 36,000 members and 64 locals, AFT Pennsylvania President Arthur G. Steinberg on Tuesday released a statement on Governor Wolf’s proposed 2022-2023 budget:

“Once again, Governor Wolf has shown that he is serious about fully and fairly funding public education in Pennsylvania, and we applaud his proposals for his final year in office. Substantial increases in funding are needed for basic and higher education in our commonwealth, and the Governor’s budget makes huge investments toward those goals.

“With potentially once-in-a-lifetime funding

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AFT Pennsylvania Lauds Us House Passage Of Build Back Better Act

Harrisburg, PA, November 19, 2021— On behalf of its 36,000 members and 64 locals, AFT Pennsylvania President Arthur G. Steinberg, on Saturday, issued the following statement after the U.S. House passed the Build Back Better Act.

“Thanks to President Biden and the Democratic Majority in the U.S. House, we are one step closer to making the biggest investment ever in our nation’s future. While the ways the Build Back Better Act will improve the lives of educators, students, and families are numerous, we are particularly proud of the increased access to affordable childcare, universal high-quality

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Remarks at Fair Funding Rally as prepared – Friday, November 12, 2021

AFT Pennsylvania President Arthur Steinberg Remarks at Fair Funding Rally as prepared – Friday, November 12, 2021

Good afternoon. I’m Arthur Steinberg, President of AFT Pennsylvania which represents 36,000 teachers, paraprofessionals, school staff, and state workers across 64 local unions.

Our union represents educators from Pittsburgh to Pottstown, Allentown to Washington County, Westmoreland County to Bucks County and Scranton. While these districts vary in size, socio-economic, racial, ethnic, and geography, they are tied together by one common thread: they are perpetually underfunded by the

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AFT PA Statement on Accountability for the Murder of George Floyd

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, April 20, 2021

**PRESS RELEASE**

AFT PENNSYLVANIA STATEMENT ON ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD

Plymouth Meeting, PA, April 20, 2021—On behalf of its 36,000 members and 61 locals, AFT Pennsylvania President Arthur G. Steinberg on Tuesday released the following statement on the guilty verdict handed down on former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd:

“George Floyd should be alive today. Today’s guilty verdicts in the murder of George Floyd provide a glimmer of hope that our criminal justice system can work, it can hold those

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