Labor Puts Muscle and Cash to Work for Construction Plan
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL › July 31, 2008
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Labor unions have been pushing hard this year to get a statewide construction plan in place and new records show they've been backing up their talk with wheelbarrows full of cash.
Fundraising reports filed Monday show three labor unions shoveled more than $311,000 into Gov. Rod Blagojevich's campaign account in the first half of the year.See the full content of this document
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Labor Puts Muscle and Cash to Work for Construction Plan
The Laborer's union was the biggest donor among them, giving the governor $166,000. They have been out front on the issue, mainly because of the jobs a $34 billion public works plan would create.
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