Attorneys of the Defender Association of Philadelphia, UAW Local 5502. DMs not monitored. Contact us: [email protected] https://teapaw.org/t.co/jsElebZ56w
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Philadelphia has the second-highest poverty rate of the top ten largest U.S. cities. Failing to adequately fund the Defender Association ensures that this will only get worse. [8/10]
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Organized labor is celebrating the life and legacy of Dolly Parton, who championed working women and carried a union card for almost 60 years. bit.ly/4xiy91p
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Solidarity with @alaa2325 members under attack for exercising their right to strike! ✊
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I’ve led chants on more picket lines than I can count … but never one where my daughter was one of the strike captains! #DadLander, indeed.
Solidarity with the striking public defenders, paralegals, investigators (a little extra ♥️ for them) & social workers at @bds_union @alaa2325. They deserve a contract with pay, benefits & respect that reflect the way they pour their hearts & their labor into fighting for everyone in Brooklyn & Queens to get equal justice under law.
ALT Standing with Rosa at a union picket.
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If you're able, please consider donating to support striking legal services workers across the city in @alaa2325:
gofundme.com/f/support-strik…
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The Brooklyn Defender Services Union is on strike. We are striking for a fair contract that makes our work sustainable. We call on management to come back to the table immediately so we can return to serving our neighbors. Learn more: instagram.com/bds_union/
Our members are meeting this moment with the urgency it requires. We urge City Council to do the same. [9/10]
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Immigration defense is not a priority. Protecting the rights of our poor and marginalized neighbors is not a priority. Ensuring the well-being of our children is not a priority. Union labor is not a priority. Community safety is not a priority. [7/10]
Our budget reflects our priorities. By failing to even maintain our current funding levels, this budget makes clear what is not a priority for the Mayor and City Council. [6/10]
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We are the only constitutionally required entity in our courtroom. And the only one not worth adequately funding, according to the current budget. [5/10]
The proposed budget for this fiscal year provides raises for the Philadelphia Police Department, which continues to violate our clients’ rights, the District Attorney’s Office, and the courts. [4/10]
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At the same time, they have asked us to take on increasing workloads - both in volume and breadth of practice areas. [3/10]
For the third straight year, the city has chosen to give us no additional funding (in effect, a funding decrease when accounting for record-high inflation), while vastly increasing the budgets of every other justice system entity for the city. [2/10]
We, the members of UAW Local 5502, represent the public defenders, immigration attorneys, and child advocates at the Defender Association of Philadelphia and write to express our outrage at the City of Philadelphia's preliminary adoption of its 2027 budget. [1/10]
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BREAKING: New York has passed #Prop1!
New Yorkers used their vote to permanently protect abortion statewide, and showed up for LGBTQ, immigrant, and disabled New Yorkers by approving the most progressive and comprehensive state Equal Rights Amendment in the country.
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so you admit it? you admit that members of the nyt tech guild provide a vital public service at a consequential moment for our country?
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It’s embarrassing that New York Times management broke federal labor law and pushed for a strike on Election Day.
They were warned 2 months ago this would happen and instead decided to hurt NYT’s coverage. I will always stand with @NYTGuildTech
