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The road to hell

The following is an excerpt from our Saturday email, which includes our musings on the latest developments impacting public employees, links to that week’s labor news, and a collection of whimsical reads for your weekend. If you’d like to receive our weekly email, you can use the sign-up form at

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What unions don’t tell you about collective bargaining

The following is an excerpt from our Saturday email, which includes our musings on the latest developments impacting public employees, links to that week’s labor news, and a collection of whimsical reads for your weekend. If you’d like to receive our weekly email, you can use the sign-up form at

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AFSCME spends members’ dues on progressive politics

For Our Future is a political organization that spends money in swing states like Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania to help get Democrats elected to office. It was also a major recipient of funds from American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), which donated $2.5 million to For Our

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Labor pressures Manchin to flip on clean energy initiatives

A pivotal swing vote in the Senate, Senator Joe Manchin was pressured by a wide range of interests to support the clean energy tax incentives in the most recent budget package.  Manchin initially said he wanted to wait to see the July inflation data, but released a statement Wednesday announcing

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Welcome to union convention season

The following is an excerpt from our Saturday email, which includes our musings on the latest developments impacting public employees, links to that week’s labor news, and a collection of whimsical reads for your weekend. If you’d like to receive our weekly email, you can use the sign-up form at

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PSEA uses dues-funded magazine to support Josh Shapiro for governor

In their July edition of Voice Magazine, PSEA’s monthly dues-funded member magazine, the union published a two-page article titled “For PA governor, the choice is very clear.” The piece goes on to endorse Josh Shapiro for governor while bashing Doug Mastriano. “We need Josh Shapiro in the governor’s office. Because

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