The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service gave a grant of $101,000 in federal funds to Wisconsin construction unions who complained that union workers were at a disadvantage in hiring because managers had to pay them more than others.
“Skilled trade workers struggle with employment in this economy due to non-unionized construction workers gaining popularity with their lower wage requirements,” they wrote in a successful application for a grant to "promote organized labor."FMCS gave other money to a multitude of unions to help recruit more workers and combat declining membership.
The supposedly neutral agency sent $55,000 to MichiganTechnological University to ensure that most "campus leaders" are union members.
It even sent $98,000 to the Peoria, Ill., construction industry because of a "lack of interest" in people becoming construction workers.
It gave $103,000 to the Service Employees International Union in Chicago to boost its membership by encouraging more people to become health care workers, $94,000 to conduct green energy training so the Illinois sheetmetal workers' union could get more work for its members, and $83,000 for a mechanics union to teach tech skills.
The grants were part of a program that allowed anyone to request cash grants as long as their mission in any way involves labor issues — and often times, they were connected to that topic in only the most tortured way.
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