Obama Asks Unions for Money

Cash Grab

Updated Apr. 21, 2017 5:07PM EDT / Published Apr. 25, 2012 2:10PM EDT

Since he won’t accept money from corporations, President Obama is turning to unions for help funding September’s Democratic Convention. Representatives from the AFL-CIO, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the United Auto Workers and other major unions joined Democratic officials for a tour of the convention sites before they were hit up for cash. Unions gave $8 million to the 2008 Democratic convention in Denver. Whether the unions will come through this year is still unclear.

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Obama Asks Unions for Money