Union bosses are prioritizing their own political and financial interests over those of their members, and Congress is now dead set on proving it. 

Federal law imposes a duty of fair representation on labor organizations. That’s far from what’s happening today, and the House Education and Workforce Committee, led by Republican Chairman Tim Walberg (MI-5) and Republican Subcommittee Chairman Rick Allen (GA-12), knows it.

On Aug. 6, the two Republicans sent letters demanding records of political expenditures, independent expenditures, PAC contributions, and lobbying disbursements from the UAW, the United Steelworkers, and three rail unions, looking for proof of just how much dues money is going to Democratic political causes despite a large percentage of its worker base not sharing those views. In their own words: workers “should not be compelled to subsidize political advocacy” that runs against their own beliefs.

From what’s already public, that's exactly what’s happening. 

The UAW endorsed progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's Democrat primary and likely helped tip a closer-than-expected race. 

According to an American Accountability Foundation report, from 2017 to 2024, the UAW poured nearly $95 million into politics while giving Republican Party committees exactly $0, despite a meaningful share of its own membership backing the GOP. The United Steelworkers’ federal PAC sent roughly 90 percent of its campaign money to Democrats over the same stretch and........

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