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What $2 Billion in Political Spending Buys Big Labor

What $2 Billion in Political Spending Buys Big Labor
Union members and their families march through the streets during the annual Labor Day parade and rally in Long Beach, Calif., on Sept. 3, 2018. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images
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Union officials’ own filings show they spend over $2 billion on politics each election cycle, and that’s just what they admit. Further, the largest portion—well over a billion—of that total is from union general treasury accounts, which are funded by the dues and fees of workers who would be fired if they refused to pay.
Mark Mix
Mark Mix
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Mark Mix is president of the National Right to Work Committee.
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