One Out of Three SEIU Dollars Goes to Overhead, Politics

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Free Beacon:

Labor giant SEIU spent more than $100 million on union overhead and political activities in 2014, according to federal labor filings released Tuesday evening.

 

The union collected about $320 million from its 1.8 million members, who are primarily government employees and health care workers. For every $3 that a union member contributed to its coffers, $1 went to functions outside of membership services.

 

The union spent about $55 million paying union administrators and covering overhead costs, including more than $276,000 to president Mary Kay Henry.

 

Michael Saltsman, research director at the Employment Policies Institute, said that the filings highlight a disconnect between the lives of union leaders and the populist rhetoric they adopt publicly—not to mention the interests of SEIU members.

 

“All that money is coming out of the paychecks of janitors and other members who think they’re paying for someone to represent their best interests,” Saltsman said.