Pennsylvania ACSE

A great time at AFT Convention this week in Houston. Heard from great speakers, passed some amazing resolutions, and supported the Houston Federation of Teachers! Our Treasurer Collin McCann spoke on the floor to the amazing wins our Local has won in the past year, as well as the importance of organizing charter schools!

Solidarity to our Union siblings in Boston ✊ excited to have you join our labor movement!

Codman Academy to unionize with the Boston Teachers Union Statewide, nearly half a dozen independent charter schools have unionized.

A huge congrats to our DC siblings!!!

lease support our AFT sister Local District of Columbia Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff and their Capital City Public Charter School chapter by signing their petition for Capital City PCS to voluntarily recognize their Union. All employees, including charter school staff, deserve a voice in their workplace!

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-on-in-support-capital-city-staffs-union/

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Our Pittsburgh chapter at Urban Pathways K5 College Charter School are walking the walk in giving their members a voice on the job. Solidarity forever 👊👊

Very excited to have y’all at New Foundations Charter School on Thursday!!

Love our New Foundations chapter providing free books, bookmarks, and other literary resources during Parent Teacher Conferences, in partnership with First Book and AFT - American Federation of Teachers!!

Northwood Academy staff deserve a fair union contract to ensure that unjust firings are put to an end. The staff, students, and community let it be known today- they deserve a seat at the table!

Our newest chapter at Northwood Academy Charter School in Philadelphia is fighting to reinstate a beloved school counselor, Mr. Whitlatch, who was unfairly suspended.

Mr. Whitlatch's suspension is only the tip of the iceberg of the issues that need to be addressed to fix Northwood. The staff and students deserve a safe, stable, and welcoming school environment, and that's what our local stands for.

The staff, students, families, and community will be rallying at Northwood Park this Thursday, 3/23 at 3:30. Our treasurer, Collin McCann will be there and we hope you can join us!


AFT Pennsylvania
AFT - American Federation of Teachers

We of course stand with Temple University Graduate Students' Association - TUGSA in their strike for fair pay, dependent healthcare, and better working conditions! Enjoy the pizza tomorrow, compliments of ACSE 6056 :)

The staff at Northwood Academy Charter School are ready to vote YES next Wednesday, January 11 to join the Alliance of Charter School Employees!

The staff at Folk Arts Cultural Treasures Charter School (FACTS) in Philadelphia voted to form a union today! Congratulations to the teachers and staff, and we are ready to support you in negotiating your first contract!

Yesterday, staff at Northwood Academy Charter School submitted a letter seeking voluntary recognition of their union as a chapter of ACSE (yes! a second location in the same day!). Here are excerpts from the letter. Full text here:http://pa.aft.org/sites/default/files/northwood_voluntary_recognition_letter.pdf

Tonight, staff at Folk-Arts Cultural Treasures Charter School (FACTS) submitted a letter seeking voluntary recognition of their union as a chapter of ACSE! Full text here:http://pa.aft.org/sites/default/files/acse_facts_mission_statement_11-16-22.pdf

FIRED UP to protect our right to organize, our right to choose, our rights to vote, and every other right we’ve ever fought for, but we can only achieve this if we VOTE - hand those ballots in! Vote on Tuesday! Knock on doors! John Fetterman and Josh Shapiro are the right candidates for PA.

AFT gets out the vote!! A wonderful morning listening to union leaders, Senator Corey Booker, and FUTURE SENATOR John Fetterman! The working class builds America, Unions build the working class, and John Fetterman supports the sacred PA Union way of life. The choice could not be easier, PA. Vote for John Fetterman on November 8th!

Union jobs empower AND expand the middle class

Being in a union means you could make $1.3 million more over your lifetime A new study finds that workers who are in a union for their whole careers make $1.3 million more than non-union workers — and they retire earlier.

Solidarity with USTDS in their fight for a fair contract that shows the professional respect that EVERY one of their members deserve!

We will NOT be ignored any longer!

Read below and help US get our story out:

The ACSE stands in complete solidarity with Philadelphia Museum of Art Union. The Philadelphia Art Museum is such a treasure of Philadelphia for our members, it is a shame the Museum is failing to respect its workers. No contract, no labor!

Scabby, rat monitor , is on the picket line outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Rocky, you have some competition for most photogenic statue out here now!

Come down Philadelphia!

Unions are the backbone of the middle class, and the middle class is the backbone of America. We’ll take back this country from American oligarchs through the labor movement. Happy Labor Day!

Hot Labor School Year commences in Philadelphia! West Oak Lane Charter School (WOLCS) welcomed bargaining unit members back to school with an informational luncheon today. A big Union strong ACSE and AFT Pennsylvania welcome to our 16 new union members who signed their membership card today.

"“Far too many young adults who go to college lack the means to do so: That’s why student debt has exploded to $1.7 trillion. Their debt sentence means they have little or no ability to start a family, buy a car or a house, or make other major life decisions. This action, coupled with the extension of the pause on loan payments, the changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and remedies to the rip-offs at ITT Tech and Corinthian Colleges, will assist those crippled by a broken system."

Read the release here: https://www.aft.org/press-release/afts-weingarten-biden-administrations-student-debt-discharge

Missing our Olney siblings in the ACSE, but very happy they are still AFT siblings!

Solidarity with the workers of SEIU Local 32BJ! These workers make the educational world go round. They deserve professional wages and a professional contract for their work.

Philly school bus drivers, maintenance workers authorize a strike vote; contract expires "If the school district decides not to respect us, protect us or pay us, we will do be forced to do what we need to do — stand strong, win in solidarity," a union rep said.

Singing along with a classic at the opening of the AFT PA Labor Leadership Summer Institute 2022 in Pittsburgh!

Congratulations to the works in Hadley, MA!

Trader Joe’s Workers Unionize In Historic Vote In Massachusetts The grocer will finally have to bargain with a union, the new Trader Joe’s United.

Solidarity to our siblings at Trader Joe’s - ALL workers deserve fair wages, good working conditions, and to be heard by their employer.