WE DON'T KNOW their take on the SEPTA strike, but Jimmy Rollins and outfielder Shane Victorino have made their position clear when it comes to the Employee Free Choice Act.

The Phillies teammates appear in a new AFL-CIO ad supporting the congressional bill that would make it easier for workers to join labor unions.

The Major League Baseball Players Association asked the pair, who support the initiative, to pose for the ad, which recently ran in the Politico newspaper and can be seen on PhillyGossip.com.

Rollins and Victorino appear alongside Yankees infielder Mark Teixeira (Booooooo!) and nine other MLB players "who were gracious enough to lend their names to the ad to support workers all across the country," says AFL-CIO Eddie Vale. Vale is a Mets fan but said yesterday that he was rooting for the Phillies, because "I hate the Yankees even more."

Murphy back on diaper duty

Congratulations to U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy and his wife, Jenni, who Monday welcomed a son, John Martin Murphy. The baby, already going by Jack, weighed in at 7 pounds, 14 ounces, and has a 3-year-old sister, Maggie.

Murphy, an Army veteran who served in Iraq joked to friends that "although he's named after two Navy men," grandfather Jack Murphy and great-grandfather Henry Martin, "you can bet he'll be joining me in cheering for Army over Navy in Philly in a couple weeks."

Charitably minded

Comcast SportsNet's Michael Barkann makes his stand-up comedy debut Saturday night at the Irish Pub (168 Whitehorse) in Clementon, N.J. The "Daily News Live" host joins Dave "The Hammer" Schultz, wrestling legend "King Kong" Bundy, 610 WIP's Steve Trevelise and comedian Joe Matarese. Tickets are $35, including dinner, and are available by calling 856-627-0947. A portion of the proceeds goes to the ALS

Association of Greater Phila.

* Community activist Paul "Earth-

hquake" Moore and Rosa and Freddie Rosado, owners of a McDonald's (2851 Grays Ferry), are holding a 24-hour canned-food drive from noon Saturday until noon Sunday, collecting food for needy families. The food will be distributed Nov. 21 at the New Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church (7001 Woodland).

For info, call Moore at 215-385-2696 or e-mail earth_quake1@hotmail.com.

* More than 25 area salons will parti-

cipate Sunday in HopeCuts, to benefit

City of Hope. From noon to 4 p.m. Sunday the salons will discount haircuts and other services in the name of City of Hope, which benefits research on breast cancer, pediatric cancer and HIV/AIDS at City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute. For a list of participating salons, visit hopecuts.org.

* Actress Nancy Giles, also a contribu-

utor to CBS News "Sunday Morning,"

tonight hosts Decades 2009, a benefit for the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, at the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue. The event, from to 6 to 9, features a cocktail reception with music by Young Jazz Lions, a silent auction, and a mock trial that simulates an HIV/AIDS employment-discrimination case, similar to those on which the organization works. Former state Supreme Court Justice Sandra Schultz Newman will preside at the mock trial. Other participants include lawyers Thomas R. Kline and William L. Banton Jr. and infectious-disease specialist Robert M. Swenson.

Tickets are $125-$250 and available by calling 215-587-9377 or online at aidslawpa.org.

Arts and crafts

Maria Nevelson, granddaughter of

famed sculptor Louise Nevelson, displays her own wood sculptures at Ven and Vaida (18 S. 3rd) this month. Maria, who runs the Louise Nevelson Foundation, will be at a First Friday reception.

* Local stylist Kayte Terry holds an

"Applique Your Way" workshop at JimmyStyle (1820 E. Passyunk) at noon Saturday. From 1 to 3, she signs copies of her new book, by Chronicle.

* Photographer Scott Weiner is showing

and selling photos at Patou (312 Market) starting at 6 p.m. Friday. Included are images of classic-rock musicians, Hollywood celebrities and nature. Curiously, also for sale is a machete signed by John Wayne Bobbitt.

Cheesesteak face off today

Jake's Cheesesteaks' Name Your Steak contest goes down at 11 a.m. today in the Food Court at Liberty Place. Going head-to-head will be the Belly Buster, the Garden (State) Steak, the Pork Bomb, the Red Dragon and the Red Hot Italian Chix.

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