A new press release from UnionNews.com contains some very disturbing facts about how union dues are being spent by the guys at the top. At the cost of their jobs, these dues are required from members but without giving them any say in how the money is used nor is there any independent oversight of the spending of union bosses. Results? Well, try nearly $1.5 million in union members’ dues money wasted on golf.Here's a few more:
* The Ironworkers AFL-CIO Local Union 40 spent $52,879 on a new Cadillac for a retiring president.
* $7.9 million of employee dues money went to resort expenditures.
* The Boilermakers AFL-CIO Local 374 spent $8,800 of employee dues money on Christmas gifts at Wal-Mart, despite the labor movement’s smear campaign against the retailer.
* Between six AFL-CIO locals, over $50,000 of employee dues money was spent at a single D.C. steakhouse.
* The AFL-CIO alone spent over $49 million on political activities and lobbying—much of which is spent quietly on in-kind political expenditures like pro-Kerry brochures and websites. That’s almost $20 million more than it spent on representation activities.
For more on this secretive, coercive and unjust world of union dues misspending, check out UnionNews.com
