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How Labor Unions Finance Their Political Agenda: 2014 employeerightsact.com

Hundreds of special interests, candidates and pro-labor organizations that are aligned with the Democratic Party and support America’s Largest big labor’s agenda received nearly $140 million in funding principally from union member dues. Labor Unions $140,000,000 + $4,529,795 $1,830,986 MAJOR LABOR UNIONS to Left-Wing Special Interests CIVIL RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC PARTY & ALIGNED GROUPS (continued) LEFT-WING MEDIA AFL-CIO 21 Progress The Illinois Coalition for New Americans Central Committee Progressive Democrats of Wisconsin WOMEN VOTE! American Prospect Center for Media and The Nation Institute Auto Workers (UAW) A. Philip Randolph Immigrant and Refugee National Urban League Kitsap Committee for America Workers’ Defense Action Netroots Nation Democracy The Progressive, Inc Five Major Recipients Institute Rights New York Immigration Democracy Progressive Majority Fund Center for American Ed Schultz Broadcasting Uptake Institute Carpenters (CJA) Advancement Project Jewish Labor Committee Coalition Leadership For Jobs and Progressive States Working Families Party of Progress Action Fund Progress Illinois Cloud Tiger Media of Big Labor Money Alliance for Citizenship Labor Coalition for Ohioans for a Voters Bill Leading For Change Network New York Communications Workers American Immigration Community Action of Rights League of Young Voters Project New America Working Families for a Council Latino Policy Forum People First Voting Project Local Experience We Robert F. Kennedy Center Better San Diego (CWA) Asian Pacific American Leadership Conference Race Forward Trust for Our Community for Justice & Human Working Families For $4,018,195 Labor Alliance on Civil and Human Safety and Justice Action Democratic Party Rights Connecticut Electrical Workers (IBEW) Asian American Justice Rights Fund Maine Forward Future Project Working Families for ENVIRONMENTALISTS $16,046,128 Center League of United Latin United We Dream Maine Victory 2014 Texas Justice Fund Hawaii Engineers, Operating (IUOE) League of United Latin American Citizens Network, Inc. Making California Work Texas Organizing Emerge America Working America American Citizens League of Women Voters Urban League of Portland Mark Ridley Thomas Project Fair Elections Legal ALIGN: The Alliance for a Institute The Labor Institute Laborers (LIUNA) Casa de Maryland Montanans for Free and Voter Empowerment Committee for a Better The Advocacy Fund Network Greater New York Environmental Law & Union Sportsmen’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition Fair Elections Action Project Los Angeles Voter Access Institute Lone Star Project Bluegreen Alliance Policy Center Alliance Letter Carriers (NALC) Coalition of Black Trade National Action Network Center for New Montana Democratic The Voter Participation New York Progress League of Conservation Green For All American Sustainable Unionists National Council Of La Community Legislative Campaign Center Media Matters for Voters League of Conservation Business Council Action Machinists (IAM) Coalition for Humane Raza Chinese Progressive Committee Washoe County America Center for Effective Voters Fund Immigrant Rights of Los National Immigration Association Moving Ohio Forward Democratic Party Mi Familia Vota Government NextGen Climate Action Asian-Pacific National Education Association Angeles Forum The Catholic Legal New Organizing Institute We Are Delaware SOS for Democracy Conservation Voters New Committee Environmental Network $7,364,238 Mexico Pratt Center for Action (APEN) (NEA) Immigrant National Immigration Law Immigration Network Progress Michigan We Are Kentucky OneAmerica Votes Coalition Center Voces De La Frontera Progress Missouri We Are Milwaukee People for the American Cornell Global Labor Community Development Center for New Ideas Plumbers (PPF) Northwest Democracy Resources Florida New Majority National Partnership for Color of Change ProgressNow We Are Wisconsin Way Progress NYC Wellstone Action Planned Parenthood Postal Mail Handlers (NPMHU) Progress Ohio Win/Win Action One New Jersey Progressive Congress Wisconsin Progress Emily’s List $8,997,440 Service Employees (SEIU) $74,917,328 SPECIAL INTEREST State, County & Municipal $6,775,000 DEMOCRATIC PARTY & ALIGNED GROUPS $45,228,569 Employees (AFSCME) A.J. Muste Memorial Elections North Carolina Citizens Democratic Governors Association Alameda County Californians for Fiscal of Secretaries of State ECONOMIC LEFT Institute Committee For Education for Protecting Our Steelworkers (USWA) Democratic Central Responsibility Democratic Attorneys Alliance for Public Funding Schools Committee Campaign Committee For General Association Schools Committee for Safer Ohio Coalition for Equity Teachers (AFT) Allegheny County Working Families Democratic Legislative A Better Illinois Area Interfaith National Partnership for Alliance for Quality Roads and Bridges & Adequacy of School Democratic Party Campaign for America’s Campaign Committee Strong Economy for All DC Employment Justice Women and Families Education Committee for Funding Teamsters (IBT) Alliance for a Better Future Democratic Lieutenant Coalition Center National People’s Action Alliance for Retired Transparency and Opportunity to Learn Minnesota Catalist Governors Association Alliance of Californians Delawareans For Social National Women’s Law Americans Fairness in the Use Action Fund United Food & Commercial $3,375,000 Alliance for Jobs and Center for American Democratic Municipal for Community And Economic Justice Center Americans for Safe of Taxpayer Funds by Public Campaign Action Sustainable Growth Progress Officials Empowerment Family Forward Oregon Smith-Barbieri Access Foundation Hospitals Fund Workers (UFCW) Senate Majority PAC Alliance for Justice Chicago Votes Democratic Party of Alliance for Global Justice Familiy Values at Work Progressive Fund Americans for Transit Committee in Support of Rebuild New York Now Alliance Invested in the Citizen Engagement Orange County American Family Voices Fight for Florida Sound Alliance California Alliance for Public Education REVOLT -Residents UNITE HERE Middle Class Laboratory Democratic Party of America’s Agenda Health Jane Addams Senior Leadership Institute Jobs Connecticut Coalition Entitled to Vote on Land America Votes Citizens for a Better Oregon Care for All Caucus South Florida Voices for Campaign For the 2014 for Justice in Education Transactions among many more... American Bridge 21st of Arise Chicago Justice for Colombia Working Families Columbus Zoo Levy Funding Transportation Century Citizens for Integrity Wisconsin Arkansas Interfaith Keystone Research Action Now Cannabis Consumers Culver City K.I.D.S. Construction Coalition American Working Citizens For Alliance Center Action United Coalition Committee for Measure U.S. Maglev Coalition Families Responsibility and Ethics Florida For All Black Institute Los Angeles Alliance for a California Budget and Center for CC US Labor Against the War $2,782,083 Broadbent Institute New Economy Policy Center Americans for In Washington Fund for Jobs, Growth Advocacy Customers First! Coalition No on One Tennessee Democratic Action Clark County Democratic and Security California Tax Reform Labor Campaign for Demos: A Network for Children First for Oregon Education Coalition Youth United for Change America Votes Americans for Economic Central Committee Genessee County Association Single Payer Ideas and Action Children’s Defense Fund Florida Alliance for Center for Retirement Growth Clinton Global Initiative Democratic Party Center for Economic and Labor Project For Working Economic Policy Institute Citizens for Napa Valley Early Childcare Workers Initiatives Americans United for Coalition for a Better Georgia Democratic Party Policy Research Families Fiscal Policy Institute of College Project Change Minneapolis Granite State Progress Center for Economic Leadership Center For New York City Phoenix Citizens for For the Children of West Assembly Democratic Coalition for Ohio’s Future Grassroots for Florida Organizing The Common Good Franklin And Eleanor Pension Responsibility County Caucus Families Grassroots Illinois Action Center for Popular Lift Up Oakland Roosevelt Institute Citizens for Public Great Lakes Center for The Atlas Project Committee on States Greater Wisconsin Democracy Living United for Change UCLA Institute for Schools Education Research Ballot Initiative Strategy Committee to Rebuld Committee Center for Public Policy in Arizona Research on Labor and Citizens for Responsible Keep It Supported for Center Maine’s Middle Class Hawaii Forward Preferences Make The Road New York Employment Government Seniors Battleground Texas Democracy Alliance Hotel Workers For A Center for Tax and Maryland Citizens’ Health Interfaith Worker Justice Citizens for Retirement National Coordinating Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Democracy Defense Fund Stronger Middle Class Budget Accountability Initiative National Employment Security Committee for Clinton Foundation Democratic Governors Institue for America’s Center on Budget and Mass Alliance Law Project Coalition for a Secure Multiemployer Plans Bronx County Democratic Association Future Policy Priorities Massachusetts Budget Stand Up Chicago Retirement National Institute on Party New York Assembly Institute for Policy Studies Center on Policy and Policy Center United Students Against Coalition for Veterans Retirement Security of Union Political Contributions Brownback Accountability Democratic Campaign iVote Initiatives Massachusetts Senior Sweatshops Housing National Public Pension Project Committee Jesse White Inaugural Jobs With Justice Action Council USAction Coalition on Coalition go to Left-Wing Causes California Vote Project New Jersey Assembly Committee Cincinnati Interfaith MassUniting Wisconsin Jobs Now Homelessness and National Organization for Cal State Los Angeles Pat Democratic Campaign Democratic Party Workers Center Metro Alliance for Working America Housing in Ohio Women Brown Institute for Public Committee Kansas People’s Action Citizen Action/Illinois Common Good Healthcare NOW! Citizens for a Healthy New Faculty Majority Democrats / Left Affairs Nevada Assembly Kansas Values Institute Citizen Action of New York Metro Justice Progressive Leadership Alameda County, Yes on New Yorkers for Patient & Californians for Economic Democratic Caucus Kentucky Family Values Committee to Reduce Michigan Citizen Action Alliance of Nevada Measure AA Family Empowerment Republicans / Right Prosperity Democratic Association Kern County Democratic Income Inequality Michigan United Tides Foundation Committee for District Coalition