This is NOT a Good Thing
But it explains a lot of the corruption and out of control debt:
Commonwealth Foundation Labor and Policy Senior Director David Osborne says Chicago’s growing reputation as the place where public sector unions flex plenty of political muscle is more than well deserved.
Osborne points to a new Commonwealth Foundation report highlighting how public sector unions across Illinois spent nearly $30 million on state races over the 2023-24 election cycle, or far more than what union officials in any other state dedicated to such causes.
At $5.5 million, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson tops the State Government Union Pac Money List of those most benefiting from government employment unions support. In addition to Johnson, at least six other state lawmakers land on the list’s Top 20, lead by House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, at No. 2 and Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, at No. 4.
[...] With researchers adding that almost 96% of all donations for Illinois-level candidates went to Democrats, Osborne said it’s past time someone address the imbalance.
Front and center would be the CTU along with the Illinois SEIU chapters, where the numbers are closer to 99% of all donations going to "progressives," democrats and communists.
They own politicians by the boatload, explaining the leftist pro-criminal laws, extensive restrictions on actual legal consequences for crime and overly expensive teacher pension "sweeteners" that boost payouts from generous to outrageous.
Labels: state politics
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
17 Comments:
The FOP Lodge 7 is one of the Unions with a political fund.
Just makes you go huh.
Reminds one of the labor unions in Detroit.
And we all know how great Detroit was in the 80’s and 90’s!
I have a relative who has to be in a trade union because of politics to get work in the City of Chicago. When they go to the union meetings or meet members of other trade unions the individual members are likely to admit on the side they are conservatives and usually Trump supporters. When they go to the union meetings they are "dyed in the wool Democrats" to please the union leaders. Of course this is different if the workers work for local government.
The common denominator again is do not vote for Democrats
Chicago if you can't pay, you don't play. What's changed?
Yep
Unions are socialism in disguise
A criminal type conspiracy?
Unions, by design, represent employees against employers and we, taxpayers, are the employers. The fundamental intent of government unions is to squeeze tax payers. There isn't a single state in the country where public sector unions have squeezed the population better than Illinois.
They should not be allowed to make political contributions.
The CTU and SEIU are smelly communist scumbags!
It was said L 134 saved the 5 front rows of spring loaded seats for city workers.When the president asked who seconds the motion.He hit a switch and all 5 rows of city workers were thrown in the air.
“Don’t send nobody nobody knows”
What a freakin mess.
Uh Yeah, Using taxpayer provided GOV. salaries to kickback to Elect Pol's who then boost GOV Union bennies. Perfect Perpetual Machine. Atlas Farted & No GOV U or Pol.s were affected. Now Pay that Guy, This Gal. Everyone gets a Car at today show. Brandon Oprah.
The only public sector unions that have muscle are the teachers. They get everything they want and more because they can strike.
Wrong. They don’t have their political muscle because they “can” strike. It’s because they do strike. We need to stand together. No special, drop a slip for all ot never giving the job even 15 minutes back. And finally, we need to all walk together right out the damn door. But, no testes so won’t happen.
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