$1.3 million? Mere pocket change compared to other "heavy hitters."
The Teamsters are #11 on the all-time Heavy hitters list while UPS is # 21 and Fedex is # 33. AT&T is #1 on the list.
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php
You would think we would spend more. I wonder why we don't.
$5M for a whole year does not seem we are spending what we should to influence and educate legislators.
And the majority of teamster money comes from teamsters that donate weekly to DRIVE and not out of the dues money. If more people could contribute a dollar a week we would climb up the ladder and start getting more people on our side of some of these issues. IMO$1.3 million? Mere pocket change compared to other "heavy hitters."
The Teamsters are #11 on the all-time Heavy hitters list while UPS is # 21 and Fedex is # 33. AT&T is #1 on the list.
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php
I would think that this is accurate for the long term, but for the short term I'd bet UPS and FedEx are in the Top 5 in view of all the controversy over the EFCA and the RLS. UPS, PLEASE SPEND MORE MONEY!!!
you would probably bet wrong. We have this debate here every year. someone says wow look how much ups spent. We then find out everyone else sepent a heck of a lot more.
Good article on FAA bill on UPS Finance @ Yahoo. This is a very important article for UPS but again not one person on this board has mentioned it.
You just mentioned it.Good article on FAA bill on UPS Finance @ Yahoo. This is a very important article for UPS but again not one person on this board has mentioned it.
Good article on FAA bill on UPS Finance @ Yahoo. This is a very important article for UPS but again not one person on this board has mentioned it.
Cheryl took note of this and posted it under UPS Headlines.
They assume that you will believe that what is good for the company is good for you. We all know this is not necessarily true. The also assume that your best political interest is the same as theirs.I just got this in the mail. It's not UPS's money that they are spending, it's mine. Though it's only mine they would spend, if I gave em some. That would feel kind of weird though, workinging hard, making money, and then giving some of that money right back to UPS. I don't think so. Besides, how do they know what my "best" political interests are?