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TAUP Midterm Elections Brief How You Can Make a Difference, Day 3

Day 3: Our Endorsed Candidates

As we wrote in our previous e-bulletins, you can get involved  in the upcoming elections by helping to register others to vote (and to make sure you’re registered) .  You can donate to our Committee on Political Education (COPE) fund to fund endorsements ;the COPE Fund is kept separate from dues.  

Today, we would like you to consider working directly on behalf of candidates who have shown that they support strong public institutions, education (including higher education),  labor unions and workers. Here are the four candidates TAUP’s COPE has endorsed after extensive interviews, all of them candidates for Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives. Clicking on their names will take you to opportunities to assist their campaigns:  

Andrew Dixon PA-29  (Warminster)

Joe Hohenstein PA-177  (Northeast Philadelphia)

Malcolm Kenyatta PA-181  (North-central Philadelphia; Temple’s district)

Chris Rabb  PA-200 (Northwest Philadelphia)

Joe Hohenstein, an immigration lawyer who taught part-time for Temple’s Beasley School of Law, is in a tight race.  His full-throated defense of labor rights can be seen in this recently published op-ed.  We want to bring to your attention an upcoming event where you can write postcards on his behalf  in Center City, October 3, 4:30-6:30. RSVP for address: protectelectphilly@gmail.com.

We also want to let you know about endorsements in important state-wide and Philadelphia-area contests made by AFT-Pennsylvania, our state affiliate:

Bob Casey,  U. S. Senate

Tom Wolf,  Governor

Scott Wallace,  US House District 1 (Bucks)

Note:  AFT-sponsored Meet and Greet, 10/7 6:30 p.m. 147 Woodbourne Road Langhorne, PA; RSVP: gen@scottwallacepa.com

Madeleine Dean, US House District 4 (Montgomery and Berks)

Mary Gay Scanlon, US House District 5 (Delaware and Philadelphia)

Tina Davis, PA Senate 6 (Bucks)  

Steve Santarsiero, PA Senate 10  (Bucks)

Maria Collett, PA Senate 12 (Montgomery and Bucks)

Helen Tai ,PA House 178 (Bucks)

We hope that you will choose to help at least one of these TAUP-endorsed and AFTPA-endorsed candidates!  We will also be opening a link on our website where we will list ways for you to get involved.

There are only 46 days left till November 6th.  Register. . . Donate . . . Volunteer!  Our collective futures depend upon it!

TAUP Midterm Elections Brief How You Can Make a Difference, Day 2

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Day 2: Please Donate to TAUP’s Committee on Political Education (COPE) Fund

TAUP endorses candidates for elected offices who support strong public institutions, education, labor unions and workers. We can support candidates in several ways. We can inform our members of candidates we feel will fight for our issues; our members volunteer to help with phone banks, or to work with other union members knocking on doors in candidates’ districts; and we can offer financial contributions through our Committee on Political Education (COPE). We’ll be in touch shortly about the candidates we’ve endorsed and others endorsed by our state and national affiliates, along with how you can help their campaigns.

COPE is not funded by dues. It is supported through separate, optional donations that many members choose to make every month through payroll deductions, or in a single donation during critical election cycles. The COPE fund is overseen by TAUP’s Treasurer, Norma Corrales-Martin. Officers and other elected TAUP representatives meet with candidates to discuss issues that are critical to members. Once candidates are vetted, recommendations are sent to the Executive Committee for final voting on decisions about COPE spending.

Not every battle can be fought at the bargaining table. As we’ve seen recently, some are fought in the courts, in City Hall, in state houses, or at a federal level. The upcoming elections are critical to many public institutions, and there are many excellent candidates who need support.

Please consider contributing to COPE. You can make a one-time donation to offer an extra boost to candidates in this important election cycle, or you can choose to make a regular COPE contribution from your monthly paycheck. Donations can be for any amount, and even small contributions of $1 to $5 per month help.

Contact the TAUP office if you’d like to start or increase your COPE donation. If you’re interested in a one-time contribution, you can make a check out to TAUP COPE and bring or mail it to the Union office:

Temple Association of University Professionals

American Federation of Teachers Local # 4531 AFL-CIO

1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue

Ritter Hall Annex 721 (004-15)

Philadelphia PA 19122-6091

 

Be sure to read Friday’s e–Bulletin, which will highlight the candidates that TAUP’s Executive Committee has voted to support.

 

*TAUP is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers/AFT, AFT-PA, and the AFL-CIO