HOW DOES THE UAW SPEND ITS MONEY

By RightMacomb, Section News Today is the day that candidates and PAC's from across the state are scrambling to file their campaign finance statements. For political junkies like myself, finance reports are fascinating reading. You just have to know how to connect the dots and know some background information on the candidates involved. So, today I decided to talk about how one of the largest unions in the state uses its political capital, the UAW. With UAW jobs declining and the state losing new automotive jobs to states where the UAW does not have a strong arm presence, one would hope that the UAW bosses would be using their political capital to protect the union jobs that are still here. One mechanism they have to do that is through their UAW Michigan Voluntary PAC , which spends millions of union dollars on candidates for... [read full story]