ICB: Are Unions Buying Allred?

Some campaign finance figures from the Allred Campaign via Follow the Money . The Idaho AFL-CIO has given Allred $6,900, Communication Workers have pitched in $5,000,  and the Carpenters Union has given $2,000.  Idaho Education Association has given Allred $5,000 and the Education Associations Credit Union given $1,000. Here’s the big question. What does Big Labor expect for its $20,000 investment in Keith Allred? And how can Allred to reform education when he’s been bought by the Teacher’s Unions which oppose any reasonable attempts at education reform/ Adam’s Blog .

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