Category Archive: Political Money (page 6)

• About Tuesday

  Posted on Nov 06, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team

  With few exceptions, Big Labor took a “thumpin” on Tuesday night, flushing tens of millions of their members’ dollars down the tubes to stall labor reform and curtail employee rights. Richard Trumka of the AFL-CIO had vowed to take out six Republican state governors whom he deemed a threat to his agenda. Unfortunately for Trumka, all but one were […]

• Despicable Mailers from Randi’s Allies Land in New York State

  Posted on Oct 29, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team

  The New York State affiliate of Randi Weingarten’s American Federation of Teachers, the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), received significant bipartisan criticism over the weekend for an unbelievably insensitive attack mail piece that its PAC VOTE-COPE sent in a New York State Senate race. You can see it for yourself (as shown to the Buffalo News) below: […]

• Stand for Employee Rights, Washington Examiner Editors Say

  Posted on Oct 09, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team

  This week, the Washington Examiner restated its position that the Employee Rights Act (ERA), a widely supported piece of labor reform legislation currently before Congress, would expand the opportunities for employees to have their voices heard in the workplace. Discussing the injustice created by effectively compelling employees to support union political activism (opting out is […]

• Union-Funded Liberal Group’s Weak Response to Employee Rights

  Posted on Oct 06, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team

  Today, Sean Higgins of the Washington Examiner turned his attention to the Employee Rights Act (ERA), specifically its provision requiring unions to get opt-in permission before using member dues for political purposes. Our Executive Director offered some thoughts on the widely supported legislation: […] Rick Berman, whose Center for Union Facts has advocated for the […]

• Attack Ads Brought to You by Big Labor

  Posted on Oct 01, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team

  In this season of attack ads and SuperPACs, the idea that politics are infected by money is rampant and Big Labor wants the TV-watching public to believe that it has their backs. But it’s no secret that unions are big players in national elections. Open Secrets reports that union political action committees hold 11 of […]

• So Much for Solidarity: Teachers Union Provokes Fellow Union, Rank-and-File Members

  Posted on Sep 09, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team

  Teachers unions are no different than private-sector unions when it comes to investing member money on political issues. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and its local affiliates have pumped over $585,000 into controversial civil rights leader Al Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN). But AFT’s New York City local president, Michael Mulgrew, is in hot […]

• Dubious AFT Ally Hit With Fine for Beantown Shenanigans

  Posted on Aug 19, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team

  Last year, Randi Weingarten’s American Federation of Teachers (AFT) funded a shady political scheme to ensure that its man in Boston—Marty Walsh—won the city’s mayoral election. To refresh, AFT national slipped $480,000 to a New Jersey-based PAC (recall, Boston is not in New Jersey) which then bought advertisements under the name “One Boston” to hide […]

• Unions Negotiating with NYC Fill Mayor’s Slush Fund

  Posted on Jul 17, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team

  Earlier this year, the United Federation of Teachers (UFT)—an affiliate of Randi Weingarten’s American Federation of Teachers (AFT)—got almost all that it wanted—including billions of dollars in “back pay”—in its negotiations with New York City and Mayor Bill de Blasio over a new contract. UFT heavily backed de Blasio’s election with $250,000 in “independent expenditures” […]