Big labor funneled millions of dollars in dues money to the Clinton Foundation, according to a new report.
The National Institute for Labor Relations Research (NILRR), a union
watchdog group, traced at least $2 million in donations from multiple
union organizations and affiliates.
"U.S. Department of Labor's union financial disclosure reports reveal
that Big Labor gave at least $2,034,500 in union general treasury funds
to Clinton Foundations. Union treasuries are funded mostly by
compulsory union dues or fees collected from workers who would be fired
for refusing to pay," the NILRR report says. "As Mrs. Clinton became closer to her current run for president, donations amounts appear to have increased."
The Clintons have turned their foundation into a lucrative "slush fund," according to one charity watchdog group,
and have received hundreds of millions of dollars from notable
businesses, media personalities, and political luminaries. The family
has maintained that none of those donations influenced her decisions as
secretary of state and that the money is strictly philanthropic.
However, unions did not necessarily agree about the apolitical nature of the donations, according to NILRR.
"Some of these 'donations' are categorized by the unions as
'political' on their financial disclosure report" to the Labor
Department, the report says.
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices, a national plumbers
union, for example, poured in nearly $200,000 through two contributions
in 2013; each of those donations was classified as a political
activity.
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