Service Employees International Union sinks another $30 million into politics

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Watchdog.org:

Political activism cost the shrinking Service Employees International Union more than $30 million last year.

 

To bring in new dues-paying members, SEIU spent millions of dollars in member dues on the union’s Fight for $15 campaign and lobbying for legalization of illegal immigrants.

 

Unions concede that minimum wage hikes will cost some entry-level workers their jobs, but Fight for $15 is a top priority for SEIU bosses hoping to unionize fast food workers. The Fight for $15 has been carried out by a network of SEIU-funded groups.

 

In SEIU’s 2015 disclosure to the U.S. Department of Labor, the union reported $27.7 million in political activities and lobbying expenditures. Another $2.5 million in expenditures reported as “Contributions, Gifts and Grants” went to expressly political nonprofits.