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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

The Tentative Agreement 2019-23: Two More Information Sessions Scheduled for This Week

The Tentative Agreement TAUP signed on 11/25  has been unanimously approved by both the Negotiating Team and the Executive Committee.  The agreement, if ratified, would cover all members of the bargaining unit, whether you are a dues-paying members or not.  The next step is for dues-paying members to vote on ratifying it.


A ballot has been sent out via e-mail to all dues-paying members, if you have not received a ballot please contact taupballot@gmail.com.

Voting will take place online until noon on 12/13.  Every voter will be given a unique ID associated with their email address. You can vote only if you are a dues-paying union member, click here to stand with your colleagues and join the union.

We are hosting two more meetings before the voting deadline to discuss the tentative agreement; all members of the bargaining unit are welcome to attend: 

  • T 12/10: 12-2 p.m., Ritter Hall- Walk Auditorium
  • W 12/11: 4-6 p.m., Ritter Hall- Walk Auditorium

RSVP here.  

Join the union today to be eligible to vote.

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!