Colorado teachers’ union busted!
July 12, 2008 by libertyisforme
From the Landmark Legal Foundation:
Landmarks complaint details how the CEA and the PEA employed union staff members, including PEAs president and office manager, for several weeks to work full time as de facto campaign managers for the 2004 candidacy of Democrat Bob Bacon for the Colorado State Senate. The costs associated with the unions expenditures on behalf of the campaign (staff salaries and benefits, travel expenses, etc.) are all required by the IRC to be reported on the unions federal tax returns as in-kind political contributions. Neither the CEA nor the PEA reported any political spending for the 2004 tax year.
This actions are despicable and deserve to be watched more closely by union members.
As I repeat over and over again, unions use of members due for political activities is unacceptable.
This quote represents my views very well:
Colorados teachers have a right to know what their leaders are doing when they involve their unions in politics, Levin said. And they have a right to know that their dues are not being used to do an end-around the law to advance a political agenda.

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Surprise, surprise.