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VOTE 2020

Former Vice President Joe Biden has a plan for higher education and for safely reopening our nation’s schools.

The Democratic nominee for President has outlined a plan to increase the number of Americans in college and put forward measures to increase teacher salaries nationwide.

Those are just two of the reasons why our national union, AFT, has endorsed  Joe Biden for President and running mate Kamala Harris for Vice President.

TAUP is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, and the state federation supports the reelection of Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and state Treasurer Joe Torsella.
Additionally, we are thrilled by the candidacy of Nilofer “Nina” Ahmad for Pennsylvania Auditor General.

Ahmad is a molecular biologist with a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and first-generation Bangladeshi American. As president of the Philadelphia NOW, she led the fight against workplace discrimination and harassment of women and People of Color.

On Nov. 3, six Congressional seats are up for grabs in Philadelphia and its surrounding counties. We ask that you vote for the following candidates endorsed by the state AFT:

Christina Finello, D-1 (Bucks and parts of eastern Montgomery County.)

Brendan Boyle, D-2 (Northeast Philadelphia and parts of North Philadelphia)

Dwight Evans, D-3 (West Philadelphia and parts of Center City)

Madeleine Dean, D-4 (Montgomery County)

Mary Gay Scanlon, D-5 (Delaware County)

Christina Houlahan, D-6 (Chester County)

TAUP’s Committee on Political Education has made a select number of endorsements for the PA legislature:

Nikil Saval D-Senate 1

Joe Hohenstein D-House 177

Malcolm Kenyatta D-House 180

Chris Rabb D-House 200

If you do not live in these districts, consider the endorsements from AFTPA or the PA AFL-CIO.

As Election Day approaches, we ask that you consider joining in the Labor Movement Get Out the Vote campaigns.

This year, our phone banks are virtual, volunteers can participate from home with their computer. For more information, click here.

If you have any questions or would like more information, below is a list of Labor 2020 organizer for our areas.

Philadelphia: Aja Beech, 215-609-5559, ajab@paaflcio.org

Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Chester: Kate Martucci, 412-398-9827, kate@sepaalf.com

Greater PA: Bob Butterworth, 760-277-1683, bbutterworth001@gmail.com and Valerie Butterworth, 760-277-1172, valerieb001@gmail.com

End-of-Year Digest: Commencement, the Start of Summer, and the Work of the Union  

e-Bulletin 5/7-5/9/2019

On this Commencement Day, TAUP celebrates our students and the faculty, librarians, and academic professionals who teach and guide them. We hope our members have a restful and productive summer.

Be sure to take time this summer to attend a negotiation session, witnessing what happens as TAUP and the administration engage in collective bargaining. Having members of the TAUP bargaining unit in the room shows the administration that the issues being negotiated are important, and it’s a reminder of the respect that is due to the people who work at the university and are affected by the decisions being made. Witnesses have been very helpful to the table team, contributing to the discussion during breaks and offering very useful perspectives from different schools and departments. Upcoming sessions are scheduled for May 16th, 21st, and 23rd. Please RSVP.

 

Invitation to a Town Hall with Presidential Candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren

The AFT, our national affiliate, will be conducting a Town Hall for dues-paying members of TAUP (which makes you a member of AFT) with Senator and Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren.  It will be held on on Monday, May 13, 4:30-6:30 p.m., at the Plumbers Local 690 Union Hall, 2791 Southampton Rd., Philadelphia, 19154. Parking is available. Seating is limited for this event, so be sure to RSVP here.

This Town Hall is part of AFT Votes 2020–for more information on our national union’s approach to the upcoming Presidential election, visit the website.

Access to events like this is one of the many benefits of joining TAUP .

 

Merit Pay

TAUP has received information on merit awards this year, and we are analyzing the data from this and previous years.  Next week, look for a report on our findings and the implications for the current contract negotiations. We have put a  proposal on the table is for 1.75% merit per year of the contract. This is at the high end of the range negotiated in the last three years of the current contract.

 

TAUP Endorsements for the May 21st Primary:  Mayor and City Council

Through its Committee on Political Education (COPE), TAUP endorses candidates and  offers modest funds through donations members offer to COPE (which are separate from dues) to candidates who share our values and who seek election to offices that bear on the work of the Union.  

After interviewing many candidates, we have endorsed  the following pro-education, pro-labor candidates in the upcoming primaries.  We urge you not only to vote for them but also to visit their campaign websites to see how you can help their campaigns.  

Mayor: Jim Kenney

City Council-at-large (D):  

Erika Almiron

Justin DiBerardinis

Helen Gym

Adrian Rivera-Reyes

Isaiah Thomas

 

TAUP Election Results

Here are the results of our recent election. Congrats especially to our newly elected leaders!

Officers elected to a two-year term:

President: Steve Newman (tenured/tenure-track, CLA)

Vice President:  Jennie Shanker (adjunct, Tyler)

Treasurer:  Norma Corrales-Martin (full-time nontenure-track, CLA)

Members of the Nontenure-Track Constituency elected to three-year terms

Max Avener (CST)

Alex DeVaron (Boyer)

Donald Wargo (CLA

Members of the Tenure Track Constituency Council elected to three-year terms

            Will Jordan (Education)

Jeff Solow (Boyer)

Damien Stankiewiecz (CLA)

Members of the Adjunct Constituency Council

 elected to three-year terms:

                        Alex Schecter (Tyler)

            Milca Dubon (CLA)

             elected to two-year terms:

                        Carla Anderson (CLA)

Jay Bagley (CST)

Delegates elected to a one-year term

            Sam Allingham (CLA)

            Paul Dannenfelser (CPH)

            Joyce Lindorff (Boyer)

Bernie Newman (CPH)

Thanks to all those who voted in the recent TAUP Elections and to the candidates who agreed to run!

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!