Education

TODAY: Pennsylvania Teachers Protest Union Abuses

• September 19, 2013

For Immediate Release The Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901 Union Abuses Force Pennsylvania Teachers to Speak Out Teacher unions get special treatment; force teachers and taxpayers to…

Press Release

Regulation

Privatization Opponent Admits State Stores Don’t Dissuade Drunk Drivers

• September 16, 2013

Liquor privatization will kill your father before you go to college or get married. At least that’s what the UFCW and the PA DUI Association wanted you to believe…

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Regulation

Liquor Privatization Saves Lives?

• Nathan Benefield
• July 22, 2013

A little more than one year ago, Washington state privatized its liquor stores (and liquor wholesale operations). As we’ve noted before, both sales and tax revenue increased under privatization.

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Reckless Scheme or Reckless Ad?

• May 14, 2013

The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) is spending a million in order to save a million—every year! The UFCW announced a $1 million statewide television ad buy attacking…

Press Release

Public Union Democracy

Reckless Scheme or Reckless Ad?

• Nathan Benefield
• May 13, 2013

The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) is spending a million in order to save a million—every year! The UFCW announced a $1 million statewide television ad buy attacking…

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Regulation

Pennsylvania Stuck in Prohibition

• Matthew Brouillette
• April 6, 2013

Eighty years ago, baseball was still segregated, Social Security was non-existent and it was illegal to buy alcohol in the United States. Times have changed, and Prohibition has since ended…

Commentary

Public Union Democracy

Union Poured Member Dues into Defeating Liquor Privatization

• Priya Brannick
• April 3, 2013

They’re a familiar sight in the state Capitol, wearing mustard-colored T-shirts emblazoned with their union’s logo. Now the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has reported on how United Food and Commercial Workers…

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Regulation

Principles of Liquor Privatization

• March 1, 2013

While the Governor's proposal will likely change throughout the legislative process, privatization efforts should not be diluted into "modernization," which preserves the inefficient and wasteful Prohibition-era liquor system.  Here are…

Fact Sheet

Regulation

Poll: Pennsylvania Voters Want Liquor Choice

• February 12, 2013

The Commonwealth Foundation today released a new poll showing widespread support for ending the government-run monopoly over wine and liquor. The poll results and more information about proposals to…

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