Stefan Gleason<\/a>, vice president of the national employee rights advocacy organization said:<\/p>\n\u201cThe AFL-CIO endorsement is a slap in the face to more than 11 million American workers forced to pay over $8 billion a year in compulsory union dues just to keep their jobs. The misuse of over $800 million dollars in mostly forced union dues by union officials to elect their handpicked candidates in this election cycle represents the most egregious corruption of the American political system today. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs Thomas Jefferson said, \u2018To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves is both sinful and tyrannical.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough nearly 40% of union members consistently vote against Big Labor candidates, the AFL-CIO brass are thumbing their noses at these rank-and-file workers. In fact, polls have shown that more than 60% of AFL-CIO members do not support any use of dues on electioneering. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhile Big Labor may not be able to deliver the actual votes of rank-and-file workers to their candidates of choice, union officials will pump millions of forced-dues dollars into boiler room phone banks, hand over paid union staff to campaigns, orchestrate literature drops, and offer countless other in-kind contributions to campaigns.<\/p>\n
\u201cTherefore the Foundation stands willing to provide free legal assistance to any worker that seeks to recover forced union dues misspent for political activities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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