Happy May Day, John.
Today we celebrate and honor the legacy of workers, unions, labor movements, and their hard-fought struggles for better working conditions, including the eight-hour workday, five-hour work week, and more.
We also set our sights on a new horizon — a future of shared prosperity and universal dignity for workers everywhere.
It’s one reason why this May we’re putting our resources towards electing pro-worker, pro-union champion Helen Gym. If Helen wins in her race for Philadelphia Mayor in just two weeks, we know she will fight to ensure family-sustaining wages, fair benefits, and safe working conditions are a guarantee for all workers.
This May Day, help strengthen our movement by splitting a contribution of $10 between Helen Gym’s campaign and WFP. Your contribution will help fuel critical get-out-the-vote efforts in the final two weeks of this race, and make sure Helen’s vision of a Philadelphia that puts workers over profits is heard by undecided voters before Election Day.
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As a city councilmember, Helen helped establish a permanent Department of Labor in Philadelphia to enforce worker protection laws.
She also passed the most expansive Fair Workweek Law in the country to guarantee stable, predictable schedules for over 130,000 hourly workers. And she co-wrote the Black Workers Matter Economic Recovery Package, which required hospitality employers to offer jobs back to thousands of hospitality sector workers who were laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic.
There’s no doubt that as Philadelphia’s next Mayor, Helen will continue fighting for workers and their families. But the same can’t be said for her top opponents, some of whom want to end the fair scheduling protections Helen passed for over 130,000 Philadelphia workers as a city councilmember.
That’s why today we’re asking: Will you rush a contribution of $10 to help turn out voters in these next two weeks and elect former public school teacher, community organizer, and pro-worker champion Helen Gym as Philadelphia’s next Mayor?
In solidarity, always,
Working Families Party
