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Thu Dec 6, 2018, 12:23 PM Dec 2018

How the Richmond and Hampton Roads regions tried to woo Amazon.

Graham Moomaw Retweeted

The Richmond region, in particular, stressed the low cost of labor, with local officials noting “low unionization activity," a sentiment that dovetailed nicely with a letter then Gov. Terry McAuliffe wrote declaring, “In Virginia, we put corporate partners first.”



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