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July 21, 2026

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Good afternoon, everyone.

It’s Tuesday, July 21, and welcome back to another edition of the Keystone Labor Report. You can find last Thursday’s edition here.

In today’s newsletter, we’re going to take a look at what’s happening at the Freedom Fuel Network locations in your neck of the woods and what state Democrats want to do with a trifecta.

Sean Kitchen

Political Correspondent, The Keystone

(Sean Kitchen / The Keystone)

All good things must come to an end, right?

And that includes the cheap prices at Freedom Fuel gas stations across the commonwealth.

For those who don’t know, the President Donald Trump-backed Freedom Fuel gas stations caused a stir earlier this month when they opened 25 locations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and set their price for a gallon of regular gasoline at $3.47 to honor Trump.

Even though their stations remain cheaper than the average gas station, it turns out that Freedom Fuel is not immune to impacts of Trump’s war in Iran.

Gas prices at the Freedom Fuel network are at $3.92, up 10 cents from last week, while gas prices across the commonwealth sit around $4.19.

From what I can report on, the Freedom Fuel location in Camp Hill shares a parking lot with an abandoned supermarket and a Yamaha dealership about one mile away from the Capital City Mall, and if you are wondering, there is a skilled game terminal inside its small convenience stand.

Trump’s Department of Justice denied an application to commute former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 President John ‘Johnny Doc’ Dougherty, per The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Tremont residents were tired of being exploited and stood together when US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) wanted to put a massive detention center in the community, per Mother Jones.
More than 40 labor unions that make up the Bucks and Montgomery County Central Labor Councils support the reelection of US Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), per the Bucks County Courier Times.

(Sean Kitchen / The Keystone)

Raising the minimum wage, codifying abortion rights, taking on the utility companies, and passing housing reform — those are all on Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s wishlist for the first 30 days of his next term if Pennsylvania Democrats are able to expand their majority in the House and flip the Senate.

Shapiro rallied Democrats and volunteers from across southcentral Pennsylvania on Saturday at the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 520 Union Hall in Dauphin County to help kick off Pennsylvania Democratic Party’s 2026 campaign season.

“I’ll tell you what else we’re going to do—we will codify abortion rights into law in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” Shapiro said. “I’ll tell you what else we’re going to do—we’re going to build more affordable housing and take on those utility companies that keep jacking up our rates here in Pennsylvania.”