A coalition of labor and community organizations issued a document outlining the urgency of a full investment in public education-- both a moral imperative and now, an imperative codified by law in the landmark school funding case. Pennsylvania has long neglected its constitutional requirement to provide every child with a thorough and efficient system of public education, and the 2024 budget is the moment we have to get it right.
This coalition came together to issue not only a strong pro-public education message but also to emphasize our collective repudiation of vouchers in any form. The document issued by the coalition includes a host of research on the unproven, harmful impacts of investing public dollars in private institution. Public education is a public good.
The coalition partners include:
- 32BJ SEIU
- A. Philip Randolph Philadelphia Chapter (APRI)
- AFCSME Council 13
- AFT Pennsylvania
- Education Voters of Pennsylvania
- Make the Road Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
- Pennsylvania Working Families Party (PA-WFP)
- Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA)
- Philadelphia Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW)
- Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO
- Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT)
- POWER Interfaith
- UNITE HERE! Local 634
- VietLead
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