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New labor alliance looks to help Gephardt - Seek special IRS status
Boston Globe ^ | October 17, 2003 | Brian C. Mooney

Posted on 10/17/2003 2:46:19 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:10:54 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

More than a dozen national labor unions supporting Representative Richard A. Gephardt announced yesterday they are banding together to form a group that will promote his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.

At a news conference in Washington, the labor leaders said the new group, called the Alliance for Economic Justice, will seek special status under the Internal Revenue Service code to spend union money to communicate with members and promote key labor issues and political candidates.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: campaignfunds; electionpresident; gephardt

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