Philadelphia, PA –George Ricchezza and Gabe Morgan, leaders of the Philadelphia School Workers Union 32BJ SEIU, will testify alongside public education advocates at City Hall Tuesday in support of a one-year moratorium on school closures. The union leaders will demand that City Council stands up to a plan to close 37 schools that could leave

Philadelphia, PA – The Philadelphia School Reform Commission (SRC) and 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, which represents the School District’s maintenance, cleaning, and transportation employees, agreed on a new contract which saves jobs and provides financial relief to the School District. Key provisions of the contract, which extends through August 31, 2016 include: Contributions

Philadelphia, PA – A tentative agreement was reached today between the Philadelphia School District and 32BJ of Service Employees International Union, pending approval by the union’s members on July 20, 2012. Under the four-year agreement that saves thousands of jobs, blue-collar workers will make direct contributions to keep schools open and to help the District solve

Pittsburgh, PA – More than 200 concerned parents, workers and community members from Pittsburgh and surrounding areas marched through downtown at rush hour today calling on Governor Corbett to stop dismantling public education in our state. The demonstration is one of many planned across the state today. “Governor Corbett is following the national Republican playbook –

Philadelphia, PA – Fourteen people were arrested today at a mass protest to save Philadelphia’s public schools after the marchers sat in the middle of Broad Street a few blocks from the Philadelphia School District office. Among those arrested were Gabe Morgan, Pennsylvania State Director for 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, and George Ricchezza,