Unions have much at stake in elections
UPI
Nov. 1, 2010
Unions, which have spent millions trying to preserve Democratic control of Congress, are dreading a Republican takeover, leaders say.
“We fear that the Republicans are on the march, and that’s why we’re doing everything we can to stop them,” Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, told The New York Times. AFSCME is spent $91 million in the two-year campaign cycle, and unions overall have shelled out more than $200 million.
“Republicans are likely to pursue a version of what Samuel Gompers often said: ‘Reward your friends and punish your enemies,'” said Joseph McCartin, a labor historian at Georgetown University.
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