Our large, active Philadelphia Chapter holds action events and educational forums throughout the year. We are members of US Labor Against the War, Jobs with Justice, PA Voter ID Coalition, PCAPS, and others, and we have a seat on the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Executive Board and Southeastern PA ALF Executive Board. We work closely with other women’s organizations, especially NOW, Women's Medica
l Fund, PathwaysPA, Project Safe and Raising Women’s Voices. In recent years, we have run a cervical cancer prevention campaign, and each year we hold a benefit for Women Against Abuse, a local domestic violence service agency staffed by UAW members. In 2015, we celebrated Philly CLUW’s 40th Anniversary; hosted our 1st year of Radio Segments: Union Women speaking about Family and Women’s Issues on Today in Philly Labor Radio Show; we took part in rallies and marches for Fight For $15 And A Union for Fast Food Workers, Retail, Homecare Givers, Nursing Home Workers and many more. We signed petitions, wrote letters and called congress, Harrisburg and City Council about protecting workers rights, opposing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP); Privatization of our State Liquor Stores, Postal Service, Public Schools; and we support Pay Equity, Protect Public Workers Pensions, Marriage Equality, the Wage Theft Bill, We Stand with Planned Parenthood and pass a fair Budget that brings funding back into our schools and protects workers and environment. Our chapter members have been on the front lines on many of these issues and more.Our Chapter President is Koren M. Parker AFSCME Council 13; Exec. Vice President, Dionne Gary AFSCME 1199C, VP for Communications, Devan Spear Jobs With Justice Director; VP for Membership & Recruitment, Joyce Lindorff AFT; Recording Secretary, Valerie Braman Penn State Labor School; Treasurer, Marisa MacCrory CWA 13000 Secretary Treasurer, President Emerita Kathy Black, AFSCME DC 47 Retired; Trustee, Vanessa Fields, AFSCME DC 47; Trustee, Nicole Fuller PHILAPOSH; Trustee, Bethanne Perkowski, AFSCME Local 2186; we have 14 at-large Executive Board members representing AFGE, AFSCME, AFT, IFPTE, PFT, Unite Here, PSEA and Jobs with Justice.
