Committed to a far-left political agenda, and to enhancing their own power, union bosses funnel at least half a billion dollars into Democratic coffers every year. And they do it, illegally, by using dues money that workers are forced to pay as a condition of their employment, dues that each year bring the unions $17 billion, all of it tax-free. What do labor bosses get in return? The power to call the shots in Democratic campaigns and on party policy, extraordinary influence at all levels of government, billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded federal grants, and special legal privileges that leave them free to act as they please, no matter the consequences for the American people. The cycle of corruption is seemingly endless.
Chavez and Gray name names, exposing the many politicians who are in Big Labor's pocket, including the leading lights of the Democratic Party.
Betrayal also reveals:
Big Labor's all-out efforts in the 2004 election, including how just one local union has launched a $35-million campaign to unseat President BushHow corrupt union officials use members' hard-earned money to fund lavish lifestyles, and how their Democratic supporters let them get away with itHow unions flout the law by failing to report any of their political spending to the IRSHow a government report uncovered the Democrats' sellout to Big Labor, but how the unions and the Democrats sued to keep the report from going publicHow the U.S. government lets unions practice legalized terrorism against American citizensHow public-employee unions extort concessions from the government and put Americans at risk by refusing to provide vital services like policing and firefightingAll of us foot the bill for this corrupt system. Now it's up to us to do something about it.