Statement on Janus v. AFSCME Decision
Pennsylvania Spotlight’s statement on the Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court decision.
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The Big Money Behind Attacks on Pennsylvania’s Workers
Learn the truth about the billionaire-funded network behind attacks on working people in Pennsylvania.
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Scott Wagner has too many conflicts of interest
What exactly is he hiding and why is he afraid of being honest with the general public?
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The Commonwealth Foundation Is Scared
The wildcat teacher strikes taking place across the country have brought new attention to what many teachers have been saying for years; teachers are devalued, underpaid, and have faced a decades long war on their profession through austerity...
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Matt Brouillette Denies Koch Brother Funding
“The Koch Brothers don’t fund me.”Koch Brothers talking head Matt Brouillette went on This Week in Pennsylvania to discuss the Janus v. AFSCME case. In addition to spewing his usual anti-worker talking points, Brouillette used the opportunity to...
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The Commonwealth Foundation Brings the Alt-Right to Harrisburg
The alt-right is coming to Pennsylvania thanks to the Commonwealth Foundation, Scott Wagner’s gubernatorial campaign, the Pennsylvania Manufacturing Association and a handful of others. The Pennsylvania Leadership Conference will be the conduit for...
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Birds of a Feather Flock Together: Meet the Cardinal Institute
The #55Strong West Virginia teachers’ strike captured the nation’s attention unlike any other labor strike in recent history over the last few weeks. Despite its long history of union power, West Virginia is an anti-worker state having recently...
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Here’s why the Koch Bros. and other billionaires are trying to kill the labor movement with the Janus case
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, a case that revolved around the administration of collectively bargained contracts for public sector union members. The outcome of this case could potentially have devastating effects on wages, benefits, and protections for working families.
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WatchDog? More like Lap Dog.
Next time you see posts populating #PAPolitics or #PAGov from WatchDog.Org, remember they are actually just the biased media lapdogs paid to push out misleading analysis from the Commonwealth Foundation.
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Scott Wagner and Matt Brouillette
With the Commonwealth Foundation calling for privatized trash services and Brouillette appearing at Wagner’s campaign kick-off, all this reeks of the type of influence and political insider peddling that both pretend to be against.
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Commonwealth Foundation on Redistricting: Consistently Inconsistent
We are not surprised by the latest moves from the Commonwealth Foundation to not only distance themselves from their past support of redistricting reform in Pennsylvania, but to completely go 180 degrees in the opposite direction and advocate against it.
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Fairness Center Failures
A pair of recent Pennsylvania court cases made news last week resulting in a loss for the Fairness Center and skeptical Supreme Court justices questioning their arguments in another. The Fairness Center are an Oklahoma based organization suing...
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