BRADDOCK, PA – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman on Friday released the following statement after the UAW announced a strike against the Big 3 automakers: “It’s time to decide what side you’re on. Are you on the side of the Big 3 CEOs who made a combined $74 million last year, and are now claiming to they cannot afford to pay their workers? Or are you on the side of the
WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman on Thursday released the following statement on negotiations between the Big 3 automakers and the UAW: “Last year, the CEOs of the Big 3 made a combined $74 million. Yet these same CEOs are now claiming they cannot afford to pay the UAW workers who bust their asses every day. “I don’t know whether to laugh or cry – it would be laughable
WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senators John Fetterman and Bob Casey, along with over a dozen bipartisan Senate colleagues, sent a letter to Senate Appropriators requesting clarifying language to address the Department of Education’s interpretation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act as it relates to archery and hunter safety education. Currently, the law is being interpreted in a way that prevents schools from using certain federal funding to provide hunter safety education
WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman on Monday released the following statement on the UAW’s ongoing negotiations with the Big Three automakers: “If the Big 3 can find money in the couch cushions to bump executive pay by 40% over the past few years, they sure as hell can find the money to give hard-earned raises to the people who actually build the cars and trucks Pennsylvanians drive. “It
WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman and Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) today introduced the bipartisan Streamlining Organic Research Act. The bill would provide much needed support to the organic farming industry‚ both through protecting funding for research agencies and universities and ensuring organics research is prioritized at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “I’m proud of our work to negotiate a bipartisan compromise for OREI funding and the resulting
PITTSBURGH, PA – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman spent Labor Day morning with union workers, administration officials, and elected officials at the annual Pittsburgh Labor Day parade. Sen. Fetterman joined Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor Julie Su, Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council President Darrin Kelly, Rep. Chris Deluzio, Rep. Summer Lee, Mayor Ed Gainey, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Angela Ferritto, and other local and regional officials in greeting union
BRADDOCK, PA – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman on Friday released the following statement after the UE Local 506 and 618 workers in Erie who have been on strike from Wabtec for over two months ratified a new labor agreement with the company, ending the strike: “I am very glad that the UE workers and Wabtec were able to reach a deal this week. The strikers and their families made
BRADDOCK, PA – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman on Thursday released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services sent a recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recommending that the agency reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I drug to Schedule III: “For many, many years now, I have been pushing for decisive action on marijuana. Nearly one year ago to the day, I met with President Biden in Pittsburgh
BRADDOCK, PA – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman on Friday released the following statement after the United Auto Workers announced that 97% of Big Three workers voted to authorize a strike: “We’ve got your back if you do.”
ERIE, PA – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman swung through Erie County on Monday, where he stopped by the county’s annual Senior Fair and headlined a rally to stand in solidarity with striking Wabtec workers. Sen. Fetterman first visited State Representative Ryan Bizzarro’s annual Senior Fair & Older Living Expo, where he met with constituents and promised to protect Social Security, Medicare, and seniors’ right to live with dignity in
