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One Year After Janus, Pennsylvania’s Labor Movement Is As Important As Ever
After last year’s Janus decision, Pennsylvania became a hub for anti-union campaigns from billionaire-funded front groups, including the Commonwealth Foundation, the Fairness Center, and Americans for Fair Treatment. Despite their best efforts and...
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Profiting Off The Backs of PA’s Children: Commonwealth Kids LLC Exposed
The Education Income Tax Credit (EITC) has long drained resources from public schools to benefit the rich in Pennsylvania. It has been a constant source of grief for communities, parents, and our public schools and many education advocates have...
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The Commonwealth Foundation’s Agenda Fails in Harrisburg
If it’s budget season in Harrisburg, that means the Commonwealth Foundation are pushing anti-union bills. Unfortunately for the billionaire-funded front group, their efforts went down early this year, underscoring the continued failure by State...
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Mark Janus heads to Harrisburg
It’s that time of year again: spring has sprung, the days are getting longer, and the who’s who of Pennsylvania’s right-wing politics are descending on Harrisburg for the 2019 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference. Last year, the annual gathering,...
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Rep. Metcalfe Invites Koch-Funded Climate Denier to Testify in Harrisburg
The individual called to testify by Rep. Metcalfe came from The Heartland Institute, part of the same right-wing network as The Commonwealth Foundation.
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Spotlight on The Fairness Center
The Fairness Center’s sole purpose is to drive frivolous lawsuits against labor unions through the courts in Pennsylvania in hopes of making it harder for working families to get ahead.
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Koch-Funded “Experts” Testify in PA: Minimum Wage “Should Not Exist”
With the Commonwealth Foundation’s credibility on the minimum wage issue non-existent in Pennsylvania, it looks like they’ve called in other Koch-funded “experts” to speak on their behalf.
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Workers are the foundation of Pennsylvania
The collective struggle for workers’ rights is not something that anti-union politicians and The Commonwealth Foundation, or their numerous brands, can stop.
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Wagner’s Other Trash Company: Eagle Disposal
Wagner’s record at Eagle Disposal reveals similar predatory business practices as those used at Penn Waste.
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Video: Wagner In His Own Words
Scott Wagner is anti-union, anti-worker, and anti-consumer.
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We got under Scott Wagner’s skin
We’re glad to see media are paying attention to the fact that Wagner has long used his political career and his business, Penn Waste, to enrich himself at the expense of Penn Waste customers, local communities, and working families.
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Wagner apologizes for threatening to stomp on Wolf’s face with golf spikes
Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner has apologized for a three-minute rant livestreamed Friday morning on Facebook in which he warned Gov. Tom Wolf that he would “stomp all over” his face with “golf spikes” between now and the Nov. 6 election.
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