By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org

WASHTINGTON, D.C. – The 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling Citizens United vs. FEC drew howls of protest from liberals and their Big Labor allies because it essentially allowed corporations (and unions) to spend freely on election communications for political candidates.

Unions claimed the ruling would allow “evil corporations” to control political races with massive spending on behalf of Republican candidates.

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But recent data released by the Federal Election Commission shows that of the 20 top political donors nationally since 1989, 12 are labor unions, and all but one either spend evenly or donate more to Democrats than Republicans, according to OpenSecrets.org.

Top all-time donors include AFSCME, the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers, the Teamsters, Laborers Union, United Auto Workers and other large labor organizations.

The teachers unions, in particular, have spent heavily on national Democratic candidates, including Barack Obama. The NEA spent 71 percent of its more than $43 million in donations since 1989 on liberals, and only 5 percent of that total on Republicans.

The American Federation of Teachers spent $34 million since 1989, with 86 percent of the money going to Democrats and none to Republicans, according to OpenSecrets.org.

Despite union fear mongering about corporate political contributions, data shows Big Labor is the biggest influence in Washington, D.C.

Unions spend big at the statewide level as well, although they tend to dole out a small fraction on key Republicans in states with conservative majorities.

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A group called Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania launched a website last week devoted to exposing the political contributions of government labor unions in its state.

The goal of PAUnionMoney.com is to “allow people to easily access information about the financial contributions of public sector unions that are made to political campaign committees associated with legislators,” Leo Knepper, spokesman for the group, told the Post-Gazette.

Big Labor’s influence in Pennsylvania has helped it avoid the type of collective bargaining reforms that have been enacted in Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and other states, Knepper said.

“In Pennsylvania, where the supposedly pro-taxpayer Republican Party has its largest majority in over 50 years, why has nothing changed?” Knepper asked the Post-Gazette.“Because government union money flows to members of both parties.”

Whether on the national or state level, it’s clear that union fear mongering about corporate campaign contributions is simply a cover for its own insane spending. If the public is focused on “evil corporations,” they’re not following Big Labor’s money trail.

The only problem is groups like EAGnews.org, Citizens Alliance, Open Secrets, and countless other watchdog organizations are digging up the dirt unions have buried for years, and we’re pointing out their hypocrisy for all to see.