**Harrisburg – .**Today, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Pennsylvania State Council, which represents 80,000 workers statewide – including property service workers, health care workers, public service workers, school employees, laundry and distribution workers – announced its list of endorsed candidates for the 2022 Primary Election. General Election endorsements will be announced at a future date.
“For far too long, major corporations have rigged the rules in their favor and have left working people in the dust – and following a pandemic that magnified those injustices, we can’t go back to the ‘normal’ that never worked for essential workers,” said Gabe Morgan, President of the SEIU PA State Council and Vice President of SEIU 32BJ.
“Essential workers and caregivers must have our voices heard and our hard work and sacrifice during this pandemic respected. That’s why we are proud to endorse candidates who are champions and will work tirelessly to end the crisis of short staffing, raise wages for all workers, and fight for ‘Unions For All’ to expand labor rights to all working people,” said Matt Yarnell, Secretary Treasurer of the SEIU PA State Council and President of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania. “Essential workers know the stakes of this election and are taking action to shape our future by who we endorse and support.”
“Pennsylvania workers need bold leadership in Harrisburg. They need elected leaders who will use every tool at their disposal to rewrite the rules to hold corporations responsible and put power back in the hands of working people.That’s why we’re proud to endorse the following SEIU champions for the 2022 primary election,” said Steve Catanese, President of SEIU Local 668.
The SEIU State Council is comprised of SEIU Local 32BJ, SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, SEIU Local 668, and the Pennsylvania Joint Board of Workers United.
The following is the list of SEIU Pennsylvania State Council endorsed candidates:
Governor
Josh Shapiro
Lieutenant Governor
Austin Davis
U.S. Senate
Malcolm Kenyatta
U.S. House
CD 2 Brendan Boyle
CD 3 Dwight Evans
CD 5 Mary Gay Scanlon
CD 12 Summer Lee
PA Senate (Special Election)
SD 5- Jimmy Dillon
PA House
HD 1 – Pat Harkins
HD 10- Cass Green
HD 19 – Aerion Abney
HD 20 – Emily Kinkead
HD 22 – Joshua Siegel
HD 34 – Summer Lee
HD 36 – Jess Benham
HD 49 – Ismail “Izzy” Smith Wade-El
HD 103 – Patty Kim
HD 104 – David Madsen
HD 105 – Justin Fleming
HD 159 – Carol Kazeem
HD 166 – Greg Vitali
HD 181 – Malcolm Kenyatta
HD 184 – Elizabeth Fiedler
HD 188 – Rick Krajewski
HD 190 – Roni Green
HD 194– Tarik Khan
HD 200 – Chris Rabb
HD 203 – Anthony Bellmon
