7/23/2019 How Workers are Forced to Fund Attack Ads
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%of earnings (990), based on average teacher salary of $72,000
(DOE)Minimum dues. 1.5%of pay, based upon states average salary for
AFSCME workersSEIU Healthcare: $630 averageSEIU 668: $964
average
SEIU 32BJ:$
615 average
PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL TEACHERS ANDSTATE WORKERS ARE FORCED TO
FUND
POLITICAL ATTACKS WITH MONEYCOLLECTED AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE
THROUGH PUBLIC PAYROLL SYSTEMS.
HERES HOW IT WORKS
Last year, 228, 291 Pennsylvania school teachers and state
workers were forced topay dues to their local and state unions, as
well as to national unionsthe NEA ,AFT, UCFW, AFCSME, and SEIUas a
condition of employment.
State government and school distric ts took these dues out of
workerspaychecks and sent it to union bank accounts. This amount s
to about $200 pyear for most employees in just national union
dueson top of what they payto their local and state unions.
The Democratic Governors Association in turn supports a
nonprofit calledAmerica Works USA which has reportedly spent more
than $1M in Pennsylvaniin just the last few months on TV
commercials, radio ads, and political attackmailers calling for
higher taxes on working families.
Whether or not teachers and other state workers agree with these
attackadsand despite higher taxes hurting these very workersthey
are forced to funthe ads through their union dues.
In 2014, the NE A, AF T, UCFW, AFCSME, and SEIU gave $14 million
incombined union dues to the Democratic Governors Association to be
usedfor political purposes.
