Senator Tina Tartaglione

It’s always great to catch up with the Building Trades when they meet in Harrisburg. While I had to let them know I’m still counting down the days since PA last raised the minimum wage, it was great to share some labor wins, like my prevailing wage legislation passing the senate just last week. I will always fight to support Pennsylvania’s workers!

It was an honor to recognize Franklin Towne Charter High School senior Kayla Marshall for her outstanding achievements in the classroom, in athletics, and as a leader in her school community.

With a 4.3 GPA, success in track, cross country, cheerleading, and flag football, and plans to pursue a career in medicine, Kayla exemplifies what can be accomplished through hard work, determination, and service to others. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition!

Another labor win this week!

Not only did my prevailing wage bill, SB 908, pass the Senate, but SB 406 also advanced out of committee. This legislation would strengthen workplace safety protections for Pennsylvania's meatpacking and food processing workers—the men and women who kept food on our tables during the pandemic and continue to perform some of the toughest and most dangerous jobs in our economy.

Thank you to Senator Schwank, UFCW Local 1776, and everyone who has worked for years to move this important worker safety legislation forward.

Minimum wage workers are not asking for luxury - they are asking for dignity.

Senate Democrats urge passage of minimum wage legislation leading into budget deadline • Pennsylvania Capital-Star Senate Democrats are emphasizing dignity for workers in their push for an increase in Pennsylvania’s minimum wage.

This week, Senate Democrats took action by filing discharge petitions to force a vote on HB 2189, the House-passed minimum wage bill that has been sitting in committee while Pennsylvania workers continue to wait for relief.

Pennsylvania workers have waited nearly 2 decades for a raise. Whether you support raising the minimum wage or not, working Pennsylvanians deserve to know where their elected officials stand. They deserve a debate. They deserve transparency. And at the very least, they deserve a vote.

Read more here: https://senatortartaglione.com/senate-and-house-democrats-call-on-senate-republicans-to-take-up-house-bill-2189-and-raise-pennsylvanias-minimum-wage

The people of Pennsylvania deserve transparency and they deserve to know where every senator stands on an issue that affects hundreds of thousands of workers and families across this Commonwealth.

Senate Democrats put forth a discharge petition on Wednesday that would force Republicans to vote on a bill to raise Pennsylvania's minimum wage.

https://www.abc27.com/pennsylvania-politics/pennsylvania-democrats-force-vote-on-minimum-wage-increase/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_abc27_News

Today, the Senate passed my legislation, SB 908, to strengthen Pennsylvania's Prevailing Wage Act and ensure skilled workers performing essential off-site custom fabrication work receive the fair wages they deserve.

Thank you to my colleagues for rejecting efforts to weaken this bill and standing with Pennsylvania's tradesmen and tradeswomen. Now it's time for the House to get this legislation across the finish line.

Read more here: https://senatortartaglione.com/tartaglione-prevailing-wage-bill-passes-senate

Today, Senate Democrats provided critical and necessary support for the successful passage of Senate Bill 908, which ensures that work done on public projects is included in the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act.

This bill, long championed by Senator Tina Tartaglione, ensures that off-site fabrication, including HVAC, sheet metal, and plumbing, among other work, must still meet Pennsylvania’s prevailing wage standards, ending a practice that allowed workers to be paid less for projects that would pay more if they were done onsite.

The bill further ends the practice of split rates, where a worker is paid two different rates for the same job on the same day.

Senate Democrats united to defeat three amendments on the floor that would have rendered the bill unpassable. These amendments would have prevented workers from receiving proper and lawful wages.