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2024 GENERAL ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS

American Federation of Teachers, Pennsylvania (AFT Pennsylvania)’s 41-member Executive Council on Tuesday released its list of endorsed candidates for federal, statewide, and legislative offices across the Commonwealth. AFT Pennsylvania represents 36,000 educators, paraprofessionals, school staff, nurses, charter school employees, community college faculty, and state employees across 64 locals in Pennsylvania and Delaware.

PFT, AFTPA MEMBERS FIRED UP FOR KAMALA HARRIS-TIM WALZ TICKET

Following is a statement from Arthur Steinberg, president of the American Federation of Teachers Pennsylvania (AFTPA) and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT), on Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris' selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her vice presidential running mate:

AFT PENNSYLVANIA STATEMENT ON FY24-25 PA BUDGET

Plymouth Meeting, PA – Arthur Steinberg, President of AFT Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on behalf of the more than 36,000 members of the Commonwealth’s statewide affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers on Friday on the FY 2024-2025 state budget signed into law last night:

“The Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budget contains significant wins for long-underinvested public-school districts as well as for taxpayers. I’m particularly proud that our members, in coalition with public education supporters across the Commonwealth, blocked an expensive, unaccountable new private-school

AFT Pennsylvania General Counsel Irwin Aronson Remarks at No Vouchers Rally as prepared—June 10, 2024

AFT Pennsylvania General Counsel Irwin Aronson Remarks at No Vouchers Rally as prepared—June 10, 2024

I am Irwin Aronson. I join you today as Counsel to AFT Pennsylvania, a state federation representing 36,000 teachers, paraprofessionals, school staff, higher education faculty and staff, and state workers in 64 local unions, I have the pleasure of counting among our membership the dedicated and committed educators from Pennsylvania’s two largest school districts, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. On behalf of AFT Pennsylvania President, Arthur Steinberg, Secretary/Treasurer, LeShawna Coleman, Our

Remarks at No Vouchers Press Conference as prepared—April 26, 2024

Remarks at No Vouchers Press Conference as prepared—April 26, 2024

As the President of AFT Pennsylvania, a state federation representing 36,000 teachers, paraprofessionals, school staff, higher education faculty and staff, and state workers in 64 local unions, I have the pleasure of counting among our membership the hardworking educators from Pennsylvania’s two largest school districts, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

The COVID-19 pandemic shone a light into the inequities in our public education, inequities that, as has been stated, we know to be in violation of Pennsylvania’s

AFT PENNSYLVANIA STATEMENT ON CYBER CHARTER MORATORIUM LEGISLATION

Arthur Steinberg, President of AFT Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on behalf of the more than 36,000 members of the Commonwealth’s statewide affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers on Wednesday following Pennsylvania Senator Lindsey Williams’ announcement that she will introduce a moratorium on cyber charter approvals:

AFT Pennsylvania Statement on Shapiro Budget Proposal

Plymouth Meeting, PA, Tuesday, February 6, 2024 – Arthur Steinberg, President of AFT Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on behalf of the more than 36,000 members of the Commonwealth’s statewide affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers on Tuesday following Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s 2024 Budget Address:

Arthur Steinberg Remarks at Public Sector OSHA Press Conference

Thank you, President Ferritto.

As mentioned, I’m Arthur Steinberg. I am the President of AFT Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers. I offer greetings on behalf of our 36,000 professional and paraprofessional educators into whose nurturing and care we entrust our Commonwealth’s most precious resource, our children, every day, in every community in our state.

The health and safety of our members and of the students entrusted to us has been a paramount concern of our Union for the entirety of my professional career. Beyond the responsibility of my

AFT PENNSYLVANIA STATEMENT ON BASIC EDUCATION FUNDING COMMISSION REPORT

Arthur Steinberg, President of AFT Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on behalf of the more than 36,000 educators, paraprofessionals, school staff, higher education faculty, and state workers after the Basic Education Funding Commission approved and released Report 2:

AFT PENNSYLVANIA STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF SCHOOL CODE BILL

Plymouth Meeting, PA–Arthur Steinberg, President of AFT Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on behalf of the union representing more than 36,000 educators, paraprofessionals, school staff, higher education faculty, and state workers upon passage of PA House Bill 27, the school code for FY23-24, which increases the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) programs by a combined $150 million to a total of $555 million.