Labor’s Influence
Re “Union Officials Put Politics High on 2000 Agenda,” Jan. 3: The biggest special-interest group influencing elections today is the AFL-CIO, which spends several tens of millions of dollars on political causes. A majority of union members were never asked if they wanted their money spent on such things.
The AFL-CIO fights to expand the size and influence of government because lazy union leaders are trying to legislate terms that should be sought after through their contracts with each employer; many government jobs are unionized.
Workers wouldn’t need higher wages or government assistance if they had lower taxes, because they’d have more of their own money to begin with.
KEN PELLMAN
Fullerton
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