• Apr 10, 2015
• Source: The Daily Caller
• by: Patrick Howley

A top union official in Texas revealed Thursday that the country’s biggest government union gives a sizable chunk of its money to pro-Hillary Clinton groups in Washington, D.C. — and that union members in the state are vehemently opposed to the practice.

Brian Olsen, a former executive director of the Texas chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), testified Thursday before the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee in support of a bill which would block the government from withholding union dues from members’ paychecks.

In testimony obtained by The Daily Caller, Olsen explained that AFSCME gives money directly to Washington-based Democratic Party groups, even over the objections of its own members.

“Here is a fact that AFSCME will never disclose to you: More than one-third of every dollar it collects from its members in Texas goes to Washington, DC,” Olsen testified.

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