Taxpayers Pay $4.8M for Union Bosses’ Salaries in Single Dept.
13th December 2012
A newly-released report from the conservative Americans for Limited Government (ALG), obtained by Breitbart News, found that taxpayers are footing a $4.8 million bill for the salaries of 35 union officials at the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The ALG report used documents the group obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) showing that taxpayers are actually paying these 35 union officials’ salaries. Only three of them make less than $100,000 per year, and the average taxpayer-funded union boss salary is $138,175 per year.
Eight of the union bosses on the taxpayer payroll at the Department of Transportation make more than $170,000, too.