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Obama Asks Unions for Money

Cash Grab

To help pay for N.C. convention.

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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