Health Care

Burdens of Obamacare – Commentary

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 30, 2013

Say you’re working your way through college, supplementing student loans with a part-time job managing inventory at Wegmans. You make a decent hourly wage, but your health insurance benefits are…

Commentary

Education

Happy National Employee Freedom Week, America

• Priya Brannick
• June 24, 2013

National Employee Freedom Week is about informing workers about their rights and empowering them to exercise their freedoms. Ultimately, there are ways for workers to leave the Hotel California. We…

Commentary

Fixing Questionable Union Spending, Practices

• May 24, 2013

Following teacher Mike Quinn’s e-mail explaining his perspective on how the Pennsylvania State Education Association and National Education Association spend members’ dues poorly, Free to Teach…

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2012 Hudson Notice For Fair Share Fee Payers

• December 20, 2012

The PSEA has just sent out its latest “Hudson notice” to some 5,000 fee payers across Pennsylvania. The notice includes union financial information and explains how the fee is…

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Public Union Democracy

Stones to Take on Goliath

• Nathan Benefield
• November 13, 2012

My friend Jon Caldara of our sister think-tank in Colorado eloquently and humorously offers an important lesson from the election—the results stem not from a short-term campaign, but from…

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Education

Pa. Teachers Unions Among America’s Most Powerful

• Priya Brannick
• October 31, 2012

Pennsylvania’s teachers unions rank fourth among all U.S. states in their strength and influence, according to a report released this week from the Fordham Institute. We trail only Hawaii,…

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Public Union Democracy

The Squeeze: Government Unions’ Grip on Pennsylvanians

• Priya Brannick
• March 5, 2012

Pennsylvania's government unions wield tremendous political influence and advance policies that harm the commonwealth's taxpayers, children, and even their own members. Pennsylvania is a forced union state, meaning even workers…

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Government Accountability

Government Unions Steal Worker Freedom

• Priya Brannick
• October 27, 2011

Pennsylvania is one of 28 states in which workers can be compelled to give part of their paycheck to a union just to keep their job. Moreover, even non-membership is…

Commentary

Education

How Does Seniority Mandate Help Kids, Exactly?

• Priya Brannick
• July 7, 2011

Here’s a letter to the editor I sent to the Erie Times on furloughing teachers: National Education Association board member Sam Talarico unsurprisingly takes strong exception to the…

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