AFSCME District Council 47

DC47 Student Loan Forgiveness Webinars: 3/9 + 3/26 RSVP: link in bio OR: m.afsc.me/23v

“Trump’s “Golden Age” economy works for CEOs and billionaires, but has done nothing to protect our jobs or make life more affordable for working people.” @aflcio

463,000 workers unionized in 2025 | AFL-CIO

Prices are up on rent, groceries, utilities and more. Working families are fighting for scraps while billionaires and giant corporations are getting even richer.

America’s unions are growing because working people are hungry to take back their power and balance the scales.

US union membership soared to 16-year high in 2025 despite Trump assault Union coverage slightly increased last year even as White House tried to eliminate contracts for thousands of workers

Union power is growing.

16.5 million workers were covered by union contracts in 2025 — the highest number in 16 years. In the face of unprecedented attacks on collective bargaining rights, workers organized anyway. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Bucks County commissioners unanimously oppose use of warehouses for ICE detention “Bucks County is not a county that needs or wants a detention facility,” the county’s lone Republican commissioner said.

Pushback works! Looks like ice facilities just melted under public pressure. 🧊🚫 

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DC47 Members: Your voice matters! ✊

Join us for City Budget & Lobbying Training on 2/28.
Learn how to interpret a proposed city budget & how to advocate for funding.

Details & RSVP: Link in bio OR surveymonkey.com/r/HPV6Y7F
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🐰✨ Bad Bunny + his dancers = UNION POWER ✨🐰

Just a reminder that behind every iconic move, flawless formation, and sold-out show is a crew of union members putting in the WORK. 💪🕺💃 @sagaftra @iatse
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Message from DC47 PEOPLE Committee: Are you running for State Senator, State Representative, Governor, or Lieutenant Governor in Pennsylvania? We would love to hear from you!

Take our online questionnaire to seek the endorsement of our union.

Link in bio or: dc47.org -> Legislative

*Due by Feb 8*

Trump says ‘take a look at Philadelphia’ like it’s a crime documentary. Meanwhile, the only real controversy is where he orders his cheesesteaks from.✌
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! ✊

@cnn: Bad Bunny took a pointed stand on immigration while accepting the best Música Urbana album Grammy award, saying, “ICE out.” “hate gets more powerful with more hate. The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love.”
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Workers Over Billionaires! Are You In?

Big money players are hoarding funding from public services, shredding organizing protections, cutting arts & education funding, & making health care less accessible!
What can we do about it? We Organize! ✊

RSVP: www.surveymonkey.com/r/JRK5VQR

Know your rights. #KYR #knowyourrights #philly #union @afscme.bsky.social

Know. Your. Rights. ✊
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2025 was the busiest year in DC47 history. Read our latest newsletter for the year-in-review of building our union. Members, check your inboxes or go to bit.ly/dc47news. Read through and think about where you will get involved in 2026. Now is the time. Join your union. Build your union.

New AFSCME DC47 Member Spotlight!: Public Librarian Liz of the Fishtown Community Library 📚 #union #philly #library #librarian #freelibraryofphiladelphia

Union Member = health insurance! 💥🥰👏
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a first contract at the Schulykill Center for Environmental Education . . . and started first contract negotiations at Fabric Workshop and Independence Seaport Museum . . . so what will we do in 2026? Can’t wait to find out with all you beautiful people : )

at Fabric Workshop & Museum, Independence Seaport Museum, and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania . . . built power with Philly union siblings in the Coalition of Workers at Penn, @phillyaflcio and @afscmedc47 . . . continued negotiating->

2025 really was a year of non-stop organizing! We negotiated and won strong second contracts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Penn Museum . . . enforced our first contract at Please Touch Museum . . . grew from four to seven chapters with overwhelming union victories->

What a year. Remember when we were just one chapter of unionized Philly cultural workers, PMA Union? With last week’s victory at Historical Society of Pennsylvania, we are SEVEN! Congratulations to everyone organizing with us, within our organizations & out in our communities, on what you’ve built->

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DC47 in the house!! 🔥

From City Hall to the Union Hall: Get to know YOUR Philly! We recently caught up w/Controller Brady to learn more about the office of City Controller & how this office impacts union members and working families! - @afscme.bsky.social @phillyaflcio.bsky.social #philly #union

Thank you to all of our union siblings in Philly CWU @afscmedc47 @afscme.bsky.social, and all the community members supporting us in forming our union. Now we head into bargaining our first contract with HSP Management!

We won!! At yesterday’s NLRB election, the ballot count was 13-2 in favor of unionizing and joining Philly Cultural Workers United-AFSCME Local 397. We won our union!! We are so excited for a bright future for this important Philadelphia cultural institution @historicalpa. ->->

BREAKING: The U.S. House has passed the Protect America’s Workforce Act.

It would restore collective bargaining rights the White House stripped away from over 1 million federal workers.

Working people deserve dignity, fair wages, and respect. Meanwhile, billionaires keep getting richer off our labor. Enough is enough. ✊💚

Proud to be in this fight. Proud to stand with workers.

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DC47 VP Robert Harris said it loud & clear: “If we don’t get it… SHUT. IT. DOWN!”

This past Saturday (12/6), DC47 members showed up strong, standing shoulder to shoulder w/
@sbworkersunited.org @PhillyJwJ & community allies to support the striking Starbucks workers in Philly->->

For 4 years, Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas have fought for a first contract, while their CEO makes 6,666x what they do. Enough is enough.

It’s time for Starbucks to stop playing games and give workers the fair contract they deserve.

The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years.

Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.

The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.

Philadelphia Solidarity Day 10AM Saturday 12/6 @ 16th & Walnut Join Us on Starbucks workers’ picket line in a Powerful Display of Unity and Solidarity to Hold Billionaires and Corporations Accountable—Welcoming New Organizing Campaigns, Unions, and Community Orga...

✊RSVP now: Link in our bio or: bit.ly/PhillySolida...

Let’s show up strong. See you there!