HOW UNIONS BILK THE RANK-AND-FILE: By the Numbers

Excerpted from Union Facts:

Financial Information

• Annual Dues Paid to Unions: $8,209,113,955
• Total Union Assets: $8,775,962,626
• Total Spending
• Representational Activities: $4,074,510,945
• Political Activities: $582,248,875
• External Contributions: $333,982,197
• Overhead: $3,914,513,501
• Unions that fail to pass Department of Labor audits: 92%

Diversity

• Major Unions with White Presidents: 94%
• Major Unions with Male Presidents: 89%

Union Officials

• Total union officers and staff members: 173,389 people
• Total compensation paid to union officials and officers: $1,152,061,495
• Total compensation paid to union employees: $2,563,981,776

Crime, Corruption, and Violence

• Recorded Incidents of Union Violence and Intimidation since 1975: 9,000+
• Union Racketeering Indictments since 2001: 2,056
• Fines Paid Resulting from DOL Racketeering Investigations since 2001: $670 million

Pensions

• Pension Funds controlled by unions: 7,585
• Average Pension Funding Level: 48%

Just for grins, please note the percentage of Annual Dues Paid to Unions that is devoted to compensating union bosses and their lackeys (Total compensation paid to union employees). And Democrats dare talk about how health insurers are ripping off consumers? How about what unions are doing to the rank-and-file?