Lancaster Stands Up

Representative Lloyd Smucker continues to fail working people. Check out our latest news piece written by our comms lead, Cathy Walker.

Rep. Smucker Is Showing Us Who He Works For, And It's Not Working People. - Lancaster Stands Up Once again our US Representative Lloyd Smucker is showing us who he is and who he works for.

Today, union baristas are striking over unfair labor practices. It is Starbucks’ Red Cup Day, which is routinely understaffed because the corporation refuses to listen to workers. It's up to us to take action!

Stand with SBWorkersUnited's ! Join local unionized baristas for brunch from 12 - 1 today at Butter & Bean Cafe, then join them to picket their store from 1 - 2 at 2208 Lincoln Highway East.

Join us and PA Stands Up this evening on Zoom to debrief the election results for our endorsed candidates!

Post-Election Huddle: Local Victories & Takeaways · Pennsylvania Stands Up Join us to celebrate our incredible work this fall and reflect on the results of our local ballot candidates across PA Stands Up. We welcome all to share their experience with the municipal elections so we can grow!

Congratulations Yoder for Lancaster!

Congratulations to Lancaster Stands Up endorsed candidate Yoder for Lancaster who won her race for Lancaster County Commissioner! We look forward to supporting you in office!

Drop your "I voted" selfies below! Check out our endorsed candidates: https://pastandsup.org/2023-endorsements/

Polls are open 7am-8pm! Vote for candidates that will stand up for working people, protect the most vulnerable, and create communities that work for everyone. It's up to us to change the political landscape of Lancaster County.

Amazing turnout at our Columbia Day of Action yesterday! Thank you to all of the volunteers who knocked on doors to support amazing candidates around the county this year! Don't forget to vote on Tuesday!

On Friday, we gathered to mourn the lives lost in Palestine and Israel and to call on Senators Fetterman and Casey and Rep. Smucker to call for a ceasefire now. Sign our petition: https://secure.everyaction.com/MC-2E5bUGUqvF7uOOehbzA2

Today we knocked on doors in Manheim Township as part of our third day of action for our endorsed local candidates! Join us next Saturday in Columbia for our last chance to support local candidates before Election Day! https://www.mobilize.us/pastandsup/event/581896/

State Senator Ryan Aument is having a town hall tomorrow morning. Sign up here and make your voice heard on the issues you care about: https://www.senatoraument.com/mastersonville-coffee-conversation/

Lancaster Stands Up volunteers and staff had a great time knocking on doors for our endorsed Warwick School Board candidates on Saturday.

Want to help elect local leaders that share our values? Sign up for our Manheim Township and Columbia Days of Action!

Manheim Township (Sat. 10/28): https://www.mobilize.us/pastandsup/event/581912/
Columbia (Sat. 11/4): https://www.mobilize.us/pastandsup/event/581896/

If we want to build true community power, we need to elect leaders who share our values. Join us this Saturday to knock on doors for our endorsed Warwick School Board candidates! https://www.mobilize.us/pastandsup/event/581895/

Want to learn more about working people winning power? Join our Open Labor Call on Wednesday 10/18 to talk about the United Auto Workers (UAW) strikes, how labor is political, and more! https://www.mobilize.us/pastandsup/event/573792/

Recent Lancaster County mail-in ballot instructions have an error! Your completed ballot should be placed in the YELLOW ENVELOPE FIRST, then the white pre-addressed return envelope. Share the word so that everyone’s vote counts!

The events that have unfolded in Israel/Palestine over the past few days are tragic. We must focus on ending this cycle of violence and work towards a free Palestine so that all are afforded the safety, freedom, and human rights they deserve. Rep. Tlaib said it best.

Do you want to get involved with Lancaster Stands Up, but don't know where to start? Join us for our monthly new-member onboarding tonight at 7pm! We're working to create a Lancaster that works for all of us, and we need your help to make it happen! Sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/pastandsup/event/563365/

Lancaster Stands Up acknowledges that the land on which we live is the unceded territory of the Conestoga-Susquehannock people.

In 1763, 20 Conestoga-Susquehannock were brutally killed in Lancaster by colonists who were never apprehended or brought to justice. This act of violence and terror has had lasting effects on the Indigenous people of Lancaster County and Pennsylvania.

As an organization with guiding principles of diversity, respect, and justice for all we cannot choose to ignore the violence of colonialism and its lingering effects. We hope that you will take this Indigenous Peoples’ Day to learn the history of the Conestoga-Susquehannock and commit yourself to standing in solidarity with Indigenous groups by distributing your time, money, resources, and energy in the service of Indigenous rights and voices.

To learn more about the native land you’re on and the Conestoga-Susquehannock people visit https://www.conestogasusquehannocktribe.com/our-history and https://native-land.ca/

Check out Lancaster Stands Up in action to support the UAW Stand Up strike! https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/lancaster-stands-up-joins-uaw-nationwide-stand-up-strike/521-cfd5e5a6-7454-4b71-9c8e-a1e61a5bcbe2

Interested in joining us to leaflet a dealership next week? Let us know here: https://secure.everyaction.com/5UqBwO6YpkGJxJKYxDYmYQ2

Volunteer with the Lancaster Stands Up Labor Team!

We have a chance to make a huge impact at ballot boxes all across Lancaster County. We’ve endorsed candidates in Warwick, Elizabethtown, Manheim Township, Hempfield, Columbia, and beyond. With so many critical elections coming up soon, we must reach voters now. Join us for our fall field campaign launch on Saturday.

ElectionFest/Hempfield Canvass | Lancaster Stands Up · Pennsylvania Stands Up Join us as we gather together just a few weeks out from the November 7th Election and get organized to support our endorsed candidates at the doors!

We’re a grassroots, people-powered effort. We rely on monthly dues from our members to do what we do. Being fueled by everyday people isn’t the most lucrative model, but it allows us to continue our work while remaining financially and politically independent. Become a member here: https://secure.everyaction.com/q-U57xdVv0OzYlolJ320Hg2

Do you want to get involved with Lancaster Stands Up, but don't know where to start? Join us for our monthly new-member onboarding this Thursday at 7pm! We're working to create a Lancaster that works for all of us, and we need your help to make it happen! Sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/pastandsup/event/563365/

We won big with Whole Home Repairs two years in a row, but now, the release of the funding has stalled in Harrisburg. Help us get the funding released so folks can get the assistance they need. Learn more: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qpez_69rkZ52YmG5O6NpicftWNjAEMcOm0ZXq8r8ff0/edit?usp=sharing

Our school funding system is fundamentally broken. Join us this Thursday for an action organized by Power Interfaith to make our voices heard by the Basic Education Funding Commission. We have the chance to shape Pennsylvania into a state with an education system that not only supports and works for all students, but one that provides the best public education in the nation.

Show up for fair school funding | Attend the People's Hearing & BEFC hearing · Pennsylvania Stands Up Join POWER Interfaith for a people's hearing on full and fair funding of PA's public School system. The Basic Education Funding Commission is holding the first of 10 hearings to help determine a new funding approach for PA schools, as required by the PA Supreme Court. However, they have declined to....

United Auto Workers, including a plant in Bucks County, voted to authorize a strike against Ford, GM, and Stellantis to win fair pay, COLA increases, and make sure that green auto jobs = good jobs. More labor discussions on our next call Wed 9/20 - sign up here! https://www.mobilize.us/pastandsup/event/573792/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHqTSAl3SeQ&t=1s

What is the Stand Up Strike? The Stand Up Strike is our generation’s answer to the movement that built our union, the Sit-Down Strikes of 1937.Then as now, we face massive inequality acr...

Yesterday, we raised $3,500 for local candidates! They're fighting to make our communities work for all of us, so we're doing what we can to support them! You can still donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/pasustatepac-lsu2023

Congratulations SBWU! This is just the beginning. We won't stop until every worker in Lancaster has the right to collectively bargain! https://lancasteronline.com/business/local_business/east-lampeter-township-starbucks-union-certified-by-national-labor-relations-board/article_62128b8a-4da1-11ee-a47f-776dc72922ae.html #:~:text=The%20National%20Labor%20Relations%20Board,in%20Lancaster%20County%20to%20unionize

Check out Representative Smith-Wade-El's full article in LNP's Sunday paper. Solidarity is a year-round effort. https://lancasteronline.com/opinion/columnists/martin-luther-king-jr-and-march-on-washington-sought-to-advance-labor-rights-column/article_987bdaba-48be-11ee-a441-07a615eb62b7.html

As we head into the 2023 General Election, we have a real chance to elect new local leaders at the city, school board, and county level who will champion policies that work for working people across Lancaster County. Donate here to support our local candidates in Lancaster, so we can make a Pennsylvania that works for : https://secure.actblue.com/donate/pasustatepac-lsu2023
Once you donate, join us for a fundraiser event for the candidates at Tellus 360 on September 12th, 6:30PM! RSVP here: https://www.mobilize.us/pastandsup/event/577030/

On Sunday, we gathered to rally for the Fairness Act, a bill which would provide LGBTQ+ folks with the anti-discrimination protection they deserve. All of us deserve love, acceptance, and equality. We must fight for a legal system that is willing to go to bat for those values. Check out our Fairness Act Action Guide to make it happen: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15cWasHYIbIDlT4PHG-zwQTIHdTv_7dzMStiqj3z8HPw/edit?usp=sharing