Union contributions

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Just in case you wonder why Obama and friends are so hot to support labor unions,
particularly government employee unions supported on the tax payers backs, check out these Union contributions.



Leading Union Political
Campaign Contributors
1990-2010
Democrats Republicans
American Fed. Of
State, County, & Municipal
Employees $40,281,900 $547,700
Intel Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers 29,705,600 679,000
National Education
Association 27,679,300 2,005,200
Service Employees
International Union 26,368,470 98,700
Communication Workers
Of America 26,305,500 125,300
Service Employees
International Union 26,252,000 1,086,200
Laborers
Union 25,734,000 138,000
American Federation
Of Teachers 25,682,800 200,000
United Auto
Workers 25,082,200 182,700
Teamsters
Union 24,926,400 1,822,000
Carpenters and
Joiners Union 24,094,100 658,000
Machinists &
Aerospace Workers Union 23,875,600 226,300
United Food and
Commercial Workers Union 23,182,000 334,200
AFL-CIO 17,124,300 713,500
Sheet Metal Workers
Union 16,347,200 342,800
Plumbers &
Pipefitters Union 14,790,000 818,500
Operating Engineers
Union 13,840,000 2,309,500
Airline Pilots
Association 12,806,600 2,398,300
International
Association of Firefighters 12,421,700 2,685,400
United Transportation
Workers 11,807,000 1,459,300
Ironworkers
Union 11,638,900 936,000
American Postal
Workers Union 11,633,100 544,300
Nat'l Active &
Retired Fed.. Employees
Association 8,135,400 2,294,600
Seafarers
International Union 6,726,800 1,281,300
Source: Center for
Responsive Politics, Washington ,
D.C.


Wouldn't it be nice if the unions put that money in their pension funds???