Public Union Democracy

Get rich quick! Start your own union

• Matthew Brouillette
• November 26, 2013

Do I have a deal for you! For a small annual fee of $669, you can join a political organization I’m starting called the MEA—Matt’s Education Association.

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Public Union Democracy

Union Dues Pay for PSEA Politics

• Priya Brannick
• November 21, 2013

“If you DON’T care about funds for your school…then by all means throw this away,” reads a June 2011 insert in PSEA Voice, the magazine of the 185,000-strong Pennsylvania…

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Education

Union Dues Backing Political Groups Prompted My Resignation

• November 19, 2013

This perspective on union spending by Pennsylvania public school teacher John Cress originally appeared at Free to Teach, a project of the Commonwealth Foundation. I have been a middle school…

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Regulation

Union Supports 401(k)s for Philadelphia Teachers

• Nathan Benefield
• November 12, 2013

Thousands of school teachers in Philadelphia will see their retirement plans switched to 401(k)-type plans next year—and the union representing those teachers is okay with the reform. Shocked? I should…

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Education

Teacher: Forced Union Dues a “Kick in the Teeth”

• November 11, 2013

This perspective on union spending by Pennsylvania public school teacher Rob Brough originally appeared at Free to Teach, a project of the Commonwealth Foundation. I left my teachers union…

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Education

Dues Deduction For Public Sector Unions Is An Offense To Taxpayers

• Nathan Benefield
• November 5, 2013

It was the last straw for teacher Steve Calabro. When the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) ran advertisements claiming any teacher who didn’t contribute to the union PAC was part…

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NEA Funding of Radical Groups Prompted my Resignation

• October 31, 2013

I left my teachers union because I was against the forced funding of political groups that go against my personal beliefs. The NEA/PSEA’s agendas and political ideals are counter to…

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I Could No Longer Back NEA Support of Abortion Groups, Politics

• October 31, 2013

I have been a middle school math and special education teacher for six years. After nearly all that time in the union, I decided last year that I’d had enough…

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Public Union Democracy

Mail Bag: Union Political Spending

• October 16, 2013

Several readers, in response to Nate’s op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, wrote us claiming “Union dues can’t fund politics.” But that’s just not true. How do we know this?…

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