Top US public employee union AFSCME gave $65M in 2014, mostly to Democrats, progressive groups [View all]
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Source: Faux News
By Jason Hart
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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FILE: 2007: Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and MSNBC personality Chris Matthews at a AFSCME Democratic Presidential Forum in Washington, D.C. (REUTERS)
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/04/04/afscme-country-no1-public-employees-union-gave-65m-in-2014-mostly-to-democrats/
Just remember this is Faux's warped perspective.
And I'm one very proud retired AFSCME member tonight!!!
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