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Kutztown University dining workers are demanding that Aramark, the university's dining company, and Kutztown institute a fair process for recognizing their union and negotiating with them for a fair contract.
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman joined the rally to stand with the workers, saying Kutztown is now the outlier in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), being the only university that doesn't have a unionized food service workforce.
Fetterman said by changing that, it will allow the workers to benefit from fair and just treatment.
"The better they're able to serve their needs and allow them a more consistent schedule, better benefits, healthcare during the summer, you know, these basic, fundamentally fair things, they're going to be able to deliver top quality service for the students here at Kutztown," Fetterman said.
Earlier this month, Fetterman was in Scranton supporting the teachers strike:
As Day 5 of the Scranton teachers strike began, Pennsylvania's Lieutenant Governor, John Fetterman, came to the Electric City in support of the teachers.
Fetterman said multiple times it's time for the teachers to get a new contract, after working under their old one for the last five years.
"You just want what you deserve, what's fair and what's equitable," Fetterman told the teachers outside the administration building.
"It's an abomination," Fetterman said.
To be fair, the second frontrunner in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary, Rep. Conor Lamb (D. PA-17) has also been out showing his support for striking workers:
Either way, we will get a great candidate from Western PA for our Senate nominee. Speaking of Western PA candidate, here’s the GOP’s top guy:
Former President Donald Trump’s favored candidate in the 2022 GOP primary, retired Army Ranger Sean Parnell, is facing abuse allegations leveled by his estranged wife in a contentious custody battle for their three children.
As Parnell awaits a judge’s ruling in the case — which played out publicly earlier this month — Republicans are floating additions to an already crowded field competing to replace retiring Sen. Pat Toomey, including the CEO of the world’s largest hedge fund and a celebrity doctor.
The uncertain situation in a premiere battleground underscores the potential fallout from an early Trump endorsement in a state that Republicans can’t afford to lose in the midterm elections.
Parnell’s court proceedings coincided with the announcement by New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Tuesday that he won’t run for Senate, depriving Republicans of their most sought-after recruit in another top-tier state. The two developments, coming in the same week, were unwelcome blows for a party that’s expected to have a strong chance at taking back the Senate in 2022.
Parnell, who has never held political office but ran for a House seat in 2020, became a top contender after entering the race in May. But he has spent much of his candidacy mired in his divorce and custody ordeal, and the detailed charges of abuse will be challenging to overcome in both the Republican primary and the general election against a Democrat, strategists told HuffPost.
“He’s not had an effective response besides just saying that it didn’t happen,” said Christopher Nicholas, a veteran GOP consultant in Pennsylvania.
Another veteran GOP strategist, who asked not to be named due to close ties to Parnell’s advisers, called it “top to bottom, the biggest free fall ever.”
“There’s a huge amount of negativity about Parnell right now,” that person said. “People think he’s bleeding out. They think he can’t win. There’s nothing that impressive about him. He lost a congressional race. He’s never been on the [statewide] ballot before. I don’t think Trump’s endorsement is intimidating anybody right now.”
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