A new report found that New York has the highest amount of government union workers in the country. Unions have spent big sums backing Democrat causes in recent years.
New York has the country's highest number of government union workers, according to a new report. On Monday, the Commonwealth Foundation released a report titled 'State of the Unions: Examining Union Membership in State Government,' which found that while union membership is declining across the country, public sector unions are thriving. Those very unions, meanwhile, have thrown considerable amounts of cash behind Democratic causes in recent years.
The new report follows a previous analysis from the group that found the nation's four largest government unions — the American Federation of Teachers , National Education Association , American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and Service Employees International Union — spent a staggering $708 million on politics to propel Democratic Party causes in the last election cycle.
The union PACs also sent $8.34 million directly to candidates, with an overwhelming majority benefiting Democrats. Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia was the top recipient, and his campaign landed over $60,000 from the PACs. Additionally, the Commonwealth Foundation discovered that around $145 million had made its way to the state and local levels throughout the 2022 election cycle. The four unions did not respond to past Fox News Digital's requests for comment on the previous report.
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