Democratic presidential candidates have hauled in hefty campaign contributions from organized labor throughout their political careers.
The Democratic presidential candidates have combined to receive $12.5 million from organized labor during their time in public office, according to a Washington Free Beacon review of state and federal campaign records. The presidential hopefuls are now jockeying for union endorsements and attempting to win over the sector to secure pivotal voters and volunteers in a crowded primary. Staffers from two campaigns, Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I., Vt.) and former secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro's, have unionized. Many top unions are in no rush to endorse in a field full of familiar allies.
"With this many candidates running, working people can afford to be selective with our vote," John Weber, press secretary for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) told ABC News in May. "We're looking for a candidate who understands that the single best way to make our economy fairer is by making it easier to join a union. If your first priority isn't fighting for working families, we're not interested."
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Editor's Note: Teachers and cops, is this where your union dollars go, to the political party that keeps making your jobs more difficult?
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The only thing making my job more difficult are policies enforced and enacted by people like DeVos who have NO experience in the education field and instead aim to bolster their friends wallets by neglecting poor youth and encouraging the spread of privatized education. They're not fooling anyone, they don't do it for the children they do it for profit
ReplyDeleteTake one look at the conditions of schools and education rankings in Red vs Blue states.
ReplyDeleteHow long have unions had control over U.S. education, and how much better are kids being educated because of them? Liberal policies just don't seem to be working, yet they continue and are expanded and magnified.
ReplyDelete1:47 they would, but they can't read or process information
ReplyDeleteIf you support anti-American candidates and a party, then you are anti-American. I have no use for unions.
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