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

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

It’s an office joke here at AFFT that I’ve had almost every public-sector job out there except for public safety – for the record, I would love an opportunity to be like Kramer on the back of the fire truck. While in public service, some of my jobs were represented

The two largest teachers unions gave Democrats prominent placement during their national conventions this month, as both unions’ presidents gave thundering speeches featuring partisan messages.  Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) gave a combative address, in which she led delegates in a chant of “vote, vote,

A labor professor at Rutgers University has suggested union officials should be allowed to use union release time to help employees who want to get an abortion. Typically, union release time is paid time-off used by employees who are conducting official union business. But according to In These Times, a

Over the 4th of July weekend, while most Americans were celebrating, the NEA held their annual Representational Assembly. The press has covered some of the proposed resolutions, but one interesting item that has not received much coverage was the NEA’s new policy to “ensure safe, just, and equitable schools,” which