By CHIP ROGERS | WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Union members are roughly divided 60% to 40% between Democrats and Republicans, a recent survey by the Pew Research Center reveals. With millions of members nationwide, it would be reasonable to expect these powerful organizations to represent their members with a similar breakdown in political spending. Consideration of all of their members’ political views doesn’t seem to exist.
New data from the Federal Election Commission, released on October 17, shows that of the money the American Federation of Teachers PAC spent on politics, a whopping 99.9% went to Democrats. The same pattern is true for the National Education Association, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Service Employees International Union, and the American Federation of Government Employees, all of which represent public sector workers.
Collectively, of the contributions made by these unions’ PACs, more than 95% went to support the Democratic Party.
Read this report at the Washington Examiner.
Might be easier if you mention that PAC’s can not and do not receive funds from general membership dues. All PAC funds are voluntary contributions
That would undercut her argument. MRA wants to tell the story with the “We the Conservatives are the victim”.
Voluntary contributions as in “Either you contribute or we’ll beat you senseless and burn your house down”
I would safely say that 70% of Union members don’t support the Democrat party and their policies. However the leadership of labor unions are at odds with this fact. I speak as a member of the IUOE Local 302. They just sent out letters to the membership stating how great the current administration has been the last 3 years. It’s take most of my good paying Union job wages just to feed my family and all the other inflationary pressures we have been facing since Biden/Harris along with all the insane open borders policies importing nonunion cheap labor. Replacement migration.
Corporations are the ones who want cheap non-unionized labor. Cheap labor means more money for the top end. It is why outsourcing to other countries was the business model of the GOP for years.
As said by someone who sucks the government tits wants someone else to do their thinking rather than do their own thinking.
Labor bosses are MFers. We union members hate most of them. They get into their jobs by lying and cheating through internal union elections. Most of us regular members are conservative and will vote for Trump and Begich.
Public unions should be outlawed
Mr D, what you are implying is that the unions do not use the dues paid by members to support PACs. I find this very naive on your part. Please provide something to back up your claims.
The fact its again federal law. See case law :1988 Supreme Court decision Communications Workers of America v. Beck
List of more decisions outlining that they can’t do it
(1) International Association of Machinists v. Street, 367 U.S. 740 (1961);
(2) Railway Clerks v. Allen, 373 U.S. 113 (1963);
(3) Abood v. District Board of Education, 431 U.S. 209 (1977);
(4) Ellis v. Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, 466 U.S. 435 (1984);
(5) Chicago Teachers Union v. Hudson, 475 U.S. 292 (1986);
(6) Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Association, 500 U.S. 507 (1991).
It should be noted that there is a difference between public sector and private sector unions.
Noted conservative activist Franklin Delano Roosevelt wrote the following in a correspondence letter to Mr. Luther C. Steward, President of the National Federation of Federal Employees
The desire of Government employees for fair and adequate pay, reasonable hours of work, safe and suitable working conditions, development of opportunities for advancement, facilities for fair and impartial consideration and review of grievances, and other objectives of a proper employee relations policy, is basically no different from that of employees in private industry. Organization on their part to present their views on such matters is both natural and logical, but meticulous attention should be paid to the special relationships and obligations of public servants to the public itself and to the Government.
All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management. The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for administrative officials to represent fully or to bind the employer in mutual discussions with Government employee organizations. The employer is the whole people, who speak by means of laws enacted by their representatives in Congress. Accordingly, administrative officials and employees alike are governed and guided, and in many instances restricted, by laws which establish policies, procedures, or rules in personnel matters.
Particularly, I want to emphasize my conviction that militant tactics have no place in the functions of any organization of Government employees. Upon employees in the Federal service rests the obligation to serve the whole people, whose interests and welfare require orderliness and continuity in the conduct of Government activities. This obligation is paramount. Since their own services have to do with the functioning of the Government, a strike of public employees manifests nothing less than an intent on their part to prevent or obstruct the operations of Government until their demands are satisfied. Such action, looking toward the paralysis of Government by those who have sworn to support it, is unthinkable and intolerable. It is, therefore, with a feeling of gratification that I have noted in the constitution of the National Federation of Federal Employees the provision that “under no circumstances shall this Federation engage in or support strikes against the United States Government.”
In most cases, union members can “opt out” of that portion of their union dues that go to support political activities of their union.
That’s true, but they also give up their ability to have any input in the union. For some it is worth a few bucks to remain silent, for others 30 pieces of silver aren’t enough to turn their backs and remain silent.
Too bad so many republicans are afraid to get out of union. I was only a member of a union for 3 years out of 35!
They did t like it but got tired of supporting their liberal causes. Supreme Court says they can’t make you be a member anymore! Get brave Republicans and leave them!
I am a union member of IBEW 1547. Contributions to the PAC always have been optional in our local and required your specific written selection to be withheld.
I was a member of ARW local a part of AFGE for many years while working for the railroad. At that time union membership was compulsory in represented positions, even though we were not government employees. Every election cycle my mailbox was flooded with union propaganda telling me to vote for democrats exclusively. I complained about it for years at union meetings and was told no dues were used for these purposes, that it was coming from the national union. However, a percentage of our dues were required to go to the national union. Don’t be fooled union bosses are socialist to their core and have been from the beginning of unions. They don’t care what individual members think. One of the many reasons public employee unions should be outlawed, they extort money from the taxpayers under threat of a strike and suspension of services. Vote your conscience, not the union party line.