Hiiii y’all!!!! Borrowing some words from a fellow worker today:
“ I’m a canvasser with Working America’s Pennsylvania office (WAPA). Working America, which is known as the political organizing faction of the AFL-CIO, has canvassed around a variety of progressive causes including wage theft, education, healthcare, social security, and corporate accountability, we are also endorsing John Fetterman for Senate who has an extensive history of supporting various labor policies and being a vocal advocate for the working class.
This past week during one of our routine morning briefings when we attempted to address several concerns we’ve had with management, including but not limited to working during heatwaves without any safety protocol in place when the heat index is dangerously high, sexual harassment in our workplace where the offender has virtually remained unpenalized and continues to make others uncomfortable, as well as wage theft and refusal to reimburse and/or compensate workers asked to drive for gas or tickets they've acquired. Additionally lgbtq and non-white workers are routinely endangered and met with hostility in neighborhoods they are made to canvas.
When we were finally able to get management to leave the room for a few minutes so that we could speak privately with our co-workers about these issues and establish our terms, they tried to intimidate us with police force and several members of management began attempting to physically stop workers from filming the incident.
We will be striking tomorrow (Friday, 8/12) at noon outside of Working America’s Philadelphia office in the Germantown section of Northwest Philadelphia and would love and appreciate any support and if you can make it, please wear a red shirt in solidarity and bring whatever signs you would like.”
PLS let me know if u have questions!!! Our mutual aid fund is up and running to take care of each other while we seek additional employment. The venmo and cashapp, as well as our Twitter and Instagram, are all WAPAUNION !!!