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Unions Cashing in on Union Dues Tax Free?

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    FBN’s Liz MacDonald on growing scrutiny over how unions are spending union dues.

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-- unions have continued their relentless attack on big businesses saying that the so called fat cats need to pay their fair share.

But here's something that they don't want you to know those same unions use -- member's -- the paper country clubs golf courses private jets and luxury hotels.

On here's -- character it's all tax free.

Was MacDonald -- Hollywood Florida -- one of those union financial tells lives.

I Charles yeah -- standing right in Britain front of the Westin diplomat and it's back here and this is a luxury hotel that.

Donald Trump might even end date it's got palm trees in the lobby it's got an infinity pool with waterfalls and got -- fountain luxury suites.

Not trump doesn't -- -- a labor union owned that a plumbers union the plumbers union also owns golf resort.

In basically Minnesota.

We're also seeing the UAW -- its own country club that's losing millions of dollars that's on a lake in Michigan so at a time -- the labor movement.

-- struggling and teachers cops and firemen are losing their jobs all sorts of labor workers are losing their jobs.

-- living large on union fund expense.

At the members' expense then here's the deal the IRS's telling Fox Business -- asking all non profits about.

Their activities whether or not they're breaking the law that includes unions because unions are nonprofits.

Unions do pay taxes on real estate like this.

But the only issue is for their members are you bite into these hotels -- -- member dues go down because of their earnings from these hotels again and again to -- -- we seeing union is coming after big business saying you're not paying your fair share in taxes.

About fat -- -- they're very quick to take up the tape measure a big business but not on their own activities -- Charles.

And I get a -- is an extraordinary story I wanna hear more I know you're gonna be -- it's all day on the business channel right.

Yeah that's right we also their Learjet to.

The machinists union owns a Learjet it flies into junkets here.

The president I did a fund raiser back in April.

At this Westin diplomat hotel the Department of Labor secretary has spoken at this hotel as well.

There -- getting -- this all day long this the Fox Business exclusive.

And tomorrow we're gonna be talking about the union junkets to their luxury and resorts and also to places in Las Vegas.

And places like Tropicana in Atlantic City -- in Puerto Rico.

-- -- -- jaw dropping stuff the Heidi hypocrisy can't wait to -- -- is absolutely amazing list thanks a lot appreciate it.

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