SEIU Political Spending
The free spending ways of the union bosses of the SEIU continue as they fill the coffers of an outfit called “Health Care for America Now.” The group is planning on spending $40 million to push for nationalized health care.
Union-Funded Groups Gear Up
Flush with cash coerced from workers, the AFL-CIO and the SEIU have announced they have “raised” and will spend over $100 million to elect Democrats to Congress and the White House this Fall.
Personnel is Policy
There is an old saying in politics that personnel translates into policy, and in the case of Barack Obama its clear Big Labor will dominate both ends of the equation: Barack Obama tapped a new political director for his presidential…
Big Labor Power Grab
Congress is poised to passed a “laundry list” of legislation written by Big Labor lobbyists that is “. . . nothing less than a radical rewrite of our nation’s unemployment laws,” says Randel Johnson, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s vice…
From the SEIU Convention
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is holding its annual convention in Puerto Rico and the union’s boss Andy Stern has announced the formation of the “Accountability Project.” Don’t get your hopes up, this has nothing to do with being…
SEIU Spending Spigot Drowning Hillary Clinton in PA
After spending millions in Pennsylvania trying to defeat Sen. Hillary Clinton in the Democrat primary, SEIU’s political spending spigot is once again targeting Sen. John McCain. A new ad campaign criticizes Sen. McCain for his position on health care. The…
Union Spending
The political free spending ways of the union bosses continue unabated. An analysis by USA Today shows that since 2004 (and the enactment of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance laws) independent political group spending has doubled. With $8 out of…
Union Cash Flows
The SEIU (Service Employees International Union) has now spent over $1 million in workers’ dues money in Pennsylvania for Sen. Barack Obama.
Union Bosses’ Billion Dollar Target -- John McCain
$200 million dollars. That is the latest amount pledged, out of general treasury funds, by AFL-CIO bosses to spend on the 2008 presidential and congressional elections. The focus of much of their ire will be Sen. John McCain. Political director…