GOP’s ‘Dangerous Liaison’ With Union Bigwigs
Josh Hawley distances himself from pro-Right to Work pledges, aligning with union bosses like the Teamsters, despite their history of corruption.
President Obama and his congressional allies insist on limiting the ability of corporations and others to spend money in elections. Their lobbyist-loophole ridden fix is the so-called DISCLOSE Act — which would restrict certain spending while allowing big labor union officials to grab forced union dues and fees against the will of their members and spend it anyway they want. Some reform.
But, as we have noted for years, the whole effort is predicated on a myth. Corporations’ political spending is dwarfed by — you guess it — big labor political spending. From the Washington Post: Labor unions have dominated spending on independent campaign ads so far this election season, despite a recent Supreme Court decision that freed spending by corporations.
Josh Hawley distances himself from pro-Right to Work pledges, aligning with union bosses like the Teamsters, despite their history of corruption.
IGUA union officials provided contradictory information on amount a Master Security guard must pay the union to keep a job
Thanks to the Committee's election-year program, union-label candidates like Sen. Jon Tester (Mont.) are being given a choice: pledge to change course and support Right to Work going forward, or face the potential political consequences.