Guide Note
StopTeacherStrikes.org is a non-profit website that was created to put an end to the notion that Pennsylvania teachers are underpaid and to outlaw those teachers' ability to strike.
Fast Facts
- Established: 2006 after Pennsbury teacher strike of 2005
- Founder/President: Simon Campbell
- Vice President: Ryan Mellinger
- Goal: Eliminate teacher strikes in Pennsylvania with the "Strike Free Education Act"
- Features the 2006-2007 salaries of all teachers that worked in the Pennsylvania school districts
- Salary database published by the Ashbury Park Press
- 60% of America's teacher strikes from 2000-2007 occurred in Pennsylvania1
- 162,000 PA kids affected by the strikes1
- Teacher strikes are illegal in 37 states1
- There are 501 school districts in PA1
Underpaid Teachers?
Founder Simon Campbell says: "Pennsylvania's teachers rank among the highest paid in the nation (top 20%), and enjoy fantastic benefits and job security. Meanwhile everyday families struggle to pay Pennsylvania's escalating school property taxes."1
