Contributor | Amount |
---|---|
National Education Assn | $7,944,727 |
American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees | $5,035,905 |
American Federation of Teachers | $2,230,020 |
International Assn of Fire Fighters | $1,579,930 |
American Federation of Govt Employees | $1,551,469 |
National Assn of Letter Carriers | $1,440,610 |
American Postal Workers Union | $865,700 |
National Rural Letter Carriers Assn | $493,500 |
National Assn of Postal Supervisors | $335,000 |
National Treasury Employees Union | $300,800 |
National Active & Retired Federal Employees Assn | $282,500 |
Aft Solidarity 527 | $250,000 |
National Postal Mail Handlers Union | $238,000 |
National Assn of Postmasters | $164,080 |
Federal Aviation Admin Managers Assn | $126,000 |
California School Employees Assn | $79,015 |
Garden State Forward | $65,000 |
National Weather Service Employees Org | $53,500 |
National Assn/Farm Service Agency County Employees | $40,500 |
Council of School Supervisors & Admins | $34,815 |
The chart doesn’t include personal donations, encouraged and reimbursed in many cases by the unions or the in kind contributions, such as auditing conservative groups, sending out emails on gov’t computers, advising subordinates how to vote, or just general old Hatch violations.
“In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 10988, which permitted collective bargaining by federal employees. Widely seen as a gift to George Meany, the AFL-CIO head who helped Kennedy win the White House, the executive order was also a gift to government unions, both because it widened federal membership and because it signaled national approval of unions for state and local employees.”