It’s Time to Free Pennsylvania Teachers

• Brittney Parker
• September 1, 2015

This op-ed is written by Julie Raab, a teacher in Dauphin County and originally appeared in PennLive on August 30, 2015. After almost 30 years as an elementary…

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Public Union Democracy

Survey: Union Members Overwhelmingly SUPPORT Paycheck Protection!

• February 18, 2014

For Immediate Release Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901 Survey: Union Members Overwhelmingly SUPPORT Paycheck Protection! Large majority want unions, not government, to collect their dues and…

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Teachers on Union Exploitation, Podcast Part 1

• October 24, 2013

Julie Raab and Keith Williams are speaking out about how union influence affects their teaching jobs.    Keith teaches high school English in Conewago Valley School District in Adams…

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Education

Podcast: Teachers on Union Exploitation – Part 1

• Priya Brannick
• October 14, 2013

Julie Raab and Keith Williams are speaking out about how union influence affects their teaching jobs.  They, and many teachers across the state, are fed up with Pennsylvania's unfair…

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Education

Union Abuses Force Pennsylvania Teachers to Speak Out

• September 19, 2013

Did you know teachers’ unions can force many teachers in Pennsylvania to pay dues or a “fair share fee” that’s taken directly out of teachers’ paychecks? What’s more, this withholding…

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Education

Union Guts More Teaching Jobs

• April 18, 2012

Yes, the chickens are truly coming home to roost.  But before status quo apologists cry ‘fowl,’ economic realities due to union strong-arm tactics and unsustainable benefits programs…

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Education

Who are Teacher Unions Protecting?

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 17, 2012

The Patriot-News published my letter that questions whether teacher unions protect teachers. Union lobbying to create an unsustainable pension program is directly connected to the Central Dauphin School Board’s…

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Education

Education Spending: The Rest of the Story

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 3, 2012

Since Gov. Corbett's budget proposal, those who profit from Pennsylvania's $26 billion a year public school system have been gnashing teeth over what they claim is an "underfunding" of the…

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Union Tactics Killing Teaching Jobs, Raising Taxes

• March 27, 2012

For all you 16th century war buffs, you know a petard was a miniature bomb used to blow breaches in gates or walls.  But because technology wasn’t so hot…

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