Organized labor PAC funding

Let’s talk today a little bit about Political Action Committee funding, or better known as a PAC. Without a doubt, you’ve seen this line thrown around in news articles or heard someone say it when they are debating with other candidates. The old saying is “There are two things in politics: Influence and money.” While this is mostly true, there reasons to participate financially.

The union version of this involves you and your political action chair sitting down and talking about why it’s important to get involved financially, and then asking for a monthly political action fund donation at either state level, international level, or both. If you agree, you then sign a sheet of paper authorizing money to be taken out of paycheck monthly. In our union we have members that don’t give a single dollar to either, and we have members who give substantial amounts of money to both.