Community Rallies Around Local Teacher

• Brittney Parker
• April 23, 2015

Standing up for your beliefs can be scary—especially when you’re a teacher standing up to the most powerful labor union in Pennsylvania! But that’s exactly what Professor Mary Trometter did…

Media

Government Accountability

Pro-Taxpayer, Pro-Transparency Bills Move Forward

• James Paul
• April 22, 2015

Government union contract negotiations—long shrouded in secrecy behind closed-door meetings—are one step closer to openness and transparency. Today, a series of bills passed the Senate State Government Committee that will…

Media

Public Union Democracy

PA is One Step Closer to Outlawing Harassment

• April 22, 2015

Sarina Rose, VP of Development for Post Brothers Apartments, knows firsthand what its like to be harassed. She was verbally berated and threatened in a Philadelphia restaurant. But because the…

Media

State Budget

Taxpayer Protection Act Advances in the Senate

• James Paul
• April 21, 2015

In the face of Governor Wolf’s proposed $4.5 billion tax increase, a group of Senate lawmakers are offering an alternate vision for Pennsylvania—one of limited government and…

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State Budget

State Senate Committee Advances Taxpayer Protection Act

• April 21, 2015

Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901 Senate Committee Advances Taxpayer Protection Act Legislation Protects Pennsylvanians from Out-of-Control State Spending Good afternoon,…

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State Budget

The Unintended Consequences of Wolf’s Budget

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 21, 2015

If the proposed sales tax expansion contained in Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget proposal becomes law, Louise Bell's nursing home costs will jump by $3,000—essentially adding a 13th month to her…

Commentary

Public Union Democracy

This Unionization Scheme is About Money

• Nathan Benefield
• April 20, 2015

I am angry. As my colleague Dawn pointed out last week, ballots were mailed to home health care workers asking them whether or not they want to be represented by the…

Media

Public Union Democracy

Gov. Wolf’s Stealth Unionization of Home Health Care Workers

• Nathan Benefield
• April 20, 2015

In 2015, Gov. Wolf issued an executive order paving the way for unionization of homecare workers in Pennsylvania. These workers provide in-home medical and personal care. Many of these workers are…

Memo

Public Union Democracy

Wolf Only One NOT Calling Home Care Action Unionization | NEWS RELEASE

• April 20, 2015

For Immediate Release Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901 Gov. Wolf Only One NOT Calling Home Care Action Unionization Unionization Not a Secret to Self-Described Home Care Union…

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