the largest vote total received by a statewide candidate in Pennsylvania history<\/a>. Her coalition included some labor organizations that frequently support Democrats, helping her defeat Democratic nominee Erin McClelland.<\/p>\nRight-to-work endorsement draws union fire<\/p>\n
At Monday\u2019s event, political leaders criticized Garrity for accepting an endorsement from the political arm of the Associated Builders and Contractors, a national trade association that supports \u201cright-to-work\u201d legislation. Such laws prohibit labor agreements that require staff to join a union or pay dues, even if a workplace voted to organize.<\/p>\n
Unions often argue that wages are lower in right-to-work states, a contention supported by some research, though the precise effect remains debated.<\/p>\n
Davis pledged Pennsylvania would not adopt such a law while he and Shapiro remain in office.<\/p>\n
\u201cPennsylvania will never be a right to work state under our watch.\u201d<\/p>\n
Garrity has not made enacting right-to-work legislation a central proposal of her campaign. Her campaign spokesperson Matt Beynon said in a statement that Garrity would \u201cdo what Josh Shapiro has not done\u201d and \u201cfight for Pennsylvania workers and advocate for Pennsylvania businesses.\u201d Beynon did not answer whether Garrity would support right-to-work legislation but said she \u201cwill pursue free market policies that empower Pennsylvania workers and businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n
A different race from 2024<\/p>\n
Shapiro has secured endorsements from several of Pennsylvania\u2019s largest labor organizations for his second term, including the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO and the Pennsylvania State Education Association. Garrity has not yet announced comparable support from a major traditional labor union.<\/p>\n
The divide is a stark contrast to 2024, when the Philadelphia Building Trades, the Pennsylvania Laborers and other labor groups crossed party lines to support Garrity for treasurer.<\/p>\n
Boyer said the building trades remain willing to endorse candidates from either party but argued that Garrity forfeited their support by challenging Shapiro and aligning herself with groups hostile to organized labor.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not an R or a D. I\u2019m a J for a job or O for an opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n
The gubernatorial election is Tuesday, Nov. 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"File photo. Photo: WOLF-TV \/ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) The Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council, which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-268570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}