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Top US public employee union AFSCME gave $65M in 2014, mostly to Democrats, progressive groups
Fox news ^ | ·Published April 05, 2015 | Jason Hart

Posted on 04/05/2015 5:18:09 PM PDT by yuffy

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees -- the country’s largest trade union for public employees -- gave more than $65 million last year to politicians, lobbyists and activist groups, according to 2014 federal reports obtained by Watchdog.org.

AFSCME is funded by roughly 1.4 million members and mandatory fees taken from 125,255 nonmembers. Critics argue AFSCME gets its revenue from taxpayers so its donations are essentially indirect support for Democratic politicians, political activist groups and bigger government.

AFSCME’s 2014 report to the Labor Department showed $64,585,115 in Political Activities and Lobbying spending.

The union also reported more than $1 million in donations to political nonprofits as Contributions, Gifts and Grants, with $126,500 going to MSNBC host Al Sharpton’s National Action Network

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2016election; afscme; corruption; democrat; election2016

1 posted on 04/05/2015 5:18:09 PM PDT by yuffy
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To: yuffy

I guess their members think their dues was well-spent?


2 posted on 04/05/2015 5:19:48 PM PDT by GeronL (CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
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To: yuffy

The only thing more disgusting than a freeloading, Xeno, illegal alien border jumper is one of these AFSCME Neanderthals.


3 posted on 04/05/2015 5:25:32 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("I want to be America's first, historical, male first lady." - Slick Willie)
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