The Pennsylvania State Education Association — the union which represents public school teachers, school nurses, guidance counselors, librarians and such — has announced it will raise the dues of its 190,000 members by 11 percent according to Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania .
The new revenue is apparently aimed at fighting the pending school choice legislation .
The PSEA already gets about $90 million from dues which it uses to pay for 230 employees, including eight full-time lobbyists who make about $150,000 a year apiece.
The dues hike is expected to bring in about $9 million more.
All public school teachers (librarians, nurses etc.) must contribute to this very anti-child union whether they want to or not. The money ultimately comes from the taxpayer anyway.
Hat tip Bob Guzzardi.
They better collect a lot, because once vouchers become standard fare, it will probably mean the end of power for the teachers’ unions.