As I drive down Redwood Road and 21st south freeway, and drive by the the labor union building I see political signs on their lawn and ALL of them are for democrat candidates. I think that it is sad how political that they have become. Labor Unions were never meant to be a political organizational power house, they were meant to help the people working in sweat shops. I think that they have become a dangerous organization. This is from Unionfacts.org "Every day, millions of union members have money taken from their paychecks to support some union presidents' political agenda. In 1996, Rutgers economics professor Leo Troy estimated that union political expenditures totaled about $500 million in each election cycle. More recently, the National Institute for Labor Relations Research estimated that total union political expenditures reached $925 million in the 2004 cycle. Over time, this has added up: According to The Center for Responsive Politics, eight of the top ten all-time political contributors are labor unions.
Labor leaders have made the use of employee money for political causes a popular practice — but it's far less popular among the public and the members themselves."
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This should be illegal. Liberals always yell and scream about how corporations contribute to conservatives, and yet the hidden truth is that unions are stealing the dues that their members don't even want to pay in the first place.
At least Republicans give tax breaks to corporations that donate, thus giving lower prices to consumers. What do unions do? Democrats just make them stronger so they can steal more money.
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