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Groups seizing on budget season to advocate pro-family bills and investments
HARRISBURG—On Monday, May 1, more than 500 Pennsylvanians representing more than 20 counties will gather at the Harrisburg Capitol steps, celebrating May Day and calling on state legislators to make investments in education, housing, a higher minimum wage, and driver’s licenses for all to set Pennsylvania up for a stronger future.
With budget negotiations underway, community members will be calling for:
- Stabilizing families by stabilizing housing with $300M in full, permanent funding for the Whole Home Repairs program
- Increasing the minimum wage and ending the preemption rule that prevents local governments from setting a minimum wage
- Providing a great education for all children with $700M in new school funding through the fair funding formula and $300M in new money for the Level Up program
- Enabling all Pennsylvanians to access driver’s licenses and modernizing and securing PA’s licensing system
**Please send RSVPs to melissa@onrosehill.com**
WHAT: May Day rally for education funding, Whole-Home Repairs, raising the minimum wage, and driver’s licenses for all
WHEN: Monday, May 1 – 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: Harrisburg Capitol Steps
WHO:
- Make the Road Pennsylvania
- PA Stands Up
- Pittsburg United/PA United
- SEIU
- Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition
- Education Voters of PA
- Immigrant Rights Action
- We the People
- One PA
- Sunrise Movement
Said Betania Shephard, member-leader of Make the Road Pennsylvania:
“Good jobs, strong schools, stable homes, and the ability to get around safely are cornerstones of successful communities. When our basic needs are met, we can show up better for our families, our jobs, and our communities. This May Day we’ll be speaking with legislators on how some common sense investments will strengthen our families and communities and lay a strong foundation for Pennsylvania’s future.”
Make the Road Pennsylvania is the largest Latinx organization in the state of Pennsylvania, dedicated to organizing the working class in Latinx communities, building power for justice.
ABOUT MAY DAY 2023: Pennsylvanians for the Future We Deserve. May Day, or International Workers Day commemorates the struggles and gains made by workers in the social justice movements in this country and across the world. This year hundreds of Pennsylvanians across more than 20 counties are urging legislators to: raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and end the preemption rule, offer drivers license for all, fully fund all of our public schools, and permanent funds for the Whole Home Repairs program.
