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DEMOCRATICGOVERNORS
ASSOCIATION
FORCED TO FUNDATTACK ADS
HOW PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ARE
ANNUAL DUES COLLECTED AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE FROM PA PUBLIC EMPLOYEESPAID TO STATE/LOCAL AND NATIONAL U NIONS , 01
142,46 x 669
PSEA
PFT AFTPA UFCW
1776
AFSCME13 SEIU
LOCALS
UFCW AFSCME
AMERICA WORKS USA
SEIUAFT
NEA
TEACHERS16, x 9361
TEACHERS27,43 x 34
1,437 x 773,88 x 812 1,97 x 7363
TEACHERS LIQUORSTORE
WORKERS
STATEWORKERS
HEALTHCAREWORKERS
9.3M 1.M
$2.7M $1.4M
9.4M1.1M
24.7M 7.4M
$2.79M
$2.79M$2.85M
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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.