ICYMI: Senator Casey Rallies with Labor in Central PA, Accepts Teamsters Local 776 Endorsement
Senator Casey: “It’s a Real Simple Choice Here. There’s no Common Ground Between My Opponent and Me When it Comes to Supporting the Men and Women of Labor.”
PENNSYLVANIA – On Monday, Senator Bob Casey received an endorsement from Teamsters Local 776, the largest Teamsters local in Pennsylvania, during a campaign event in Camp Hill.
This follows the Philadelphia Building & Construction Trades Council endorsement of Senator Casey last week, who praised Senator Casey for championing organized labor and creating thousands of good-paying union jobs.
Unions across Pennsylvania and the country have lined up to endorse Senator Casey in his re-election campaign, including the United Auto Workers, the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters, the Communication Workers of America, the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, and the Pittsburgh Regional Building Trades Council.
- Those labor union leaders pledged their support in return for the three-term Democratic incumbent.
- “From standing up for striking workers on our picket lines to leading fights to enshrine labor protections into law, he’s talked the talk but more importantly, he has walked the walk,” said Angela Ferritto, president of Pennsylvania AFL-CIO.
- Sen. Casey says he will continue to support pro-union economic policy and workers’ right to organize, something he believes Republicans will take away if they are in power.
- “If [billionaires and large corporations] want someone who’s going to vote for the billionaire tax cuts and corporate tax breaks again and jack up the debt again, they should vote for the other guy but I’m going to fight to invest in the middle class and our families,” [Casey] said.
- Sen. Casey said he will continue to invest in Pennsylvania’s middle class, stating he wants to see an enhanced, more generous version of the Child Tax Credit in next year’s tax bill, and will work to push that through, if he wins in November.
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- Casey visited Camp Hill where he received an endorsement from the Teamsters Union at their Camp Hill headquarters on Monday morning.
- “If corporate America and their lapdogs in Congress try to kneecap unions they have to come through me,” said Casey at the event.
- “I’m telling them if you reelect me, I’m voting against your billionaire tax cuts,” Casey said. “So you better beat me, because I’m going to defeat you. That’s what I’m going to do.”
- Casey also blames inflation on companies engaged in ‘greedflation.’
- “We’re going to go after them,” said Casey. “We’re going to investigate them. And we’re going to hold them accountable for price gouging.”
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- Senator Casey spoke at the Teamsters Local 776 headquarters in Camp Hill, stoking support among labor groups.
- “When we have stronger unions and more unions, America is stronger economically,” said Casey in his speech.
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- Senator Casey: “I’m going to continue to prosecute the case against price-gouging by the huge multinational corporations.”
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- Casey had a message for corporate interests backing his opponent: “If [Pennsylvanians] re-elect me, I’m voting against [corporate] billionaire tax cuts.”
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