ELECTIONS & POLITICS
Unions Gouge DNC with $927,500 in Soft Money
The Democratic Nat. Committee was the last of the six major party committees
to report soft money contributions for Jan.-Jun.
1999, and the amount raked in from unions is staggering. DNC took in $927,500
in union soft money, some from several of America's most corrupt unions
like the Am. Fed. of State, County & Municipal Employees and the Hotel
Employees & Restaurant Employees Int'l Union.
Here are the six month totals according to Public Disclosure, Inc.:
Communications Workers of Am. $225,000; Int'l Ass'n of Machinists
$95,000; Int'l Bhd. of Electrical Workers $87,500; United Ass'n of Plumbing
& Pipe Fitters $85,000; Int'l Ass'n of Fire Fighters $80,000; Sheet
Metal Workers $75,000; Am. Fed. of Teachers $65,000; Nat. Edu. Ass'n $50,000;
United Food & Commercial Workers $50,000; AFSCME $40,000; Am. Fed.
of Gov't Employees $25,000; AFL-CIO $25,000; HERE $25,000.
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