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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-10 06:36 AM
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Unions blast Dems' Walmart 'blood $$'
Unions blast Dems' Walmart 'blood $$'

By FREDRIC U. DICKER State Editor

ALBANY -- Top labor leaders are furious with Senate Democrats for quietly accepting a $15,000 campaign contribution from Walmart, the union-hostile retail giant believed to be interested in putting its first city store in state Senate leader John Sampson's Brooklyn district, The Post has learned.

A little-noticed entry in the Senate Democrats' "housekeeping account" filed last month with the state Board of Elections lists the July 12 contribution, apparently the first ever by Walmart to state Senate Democrats.

Retail and Wholesale Workers Union President Stuart Appelbaum yesterday angrily accused Democrats of accepting Walmart's "blood money," and demanded that the cash be returned.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/unions_blast_dems_walmart_blood_kndBhiaFUDN1KHgWg8AH2O#ixzz0xWRciMHH
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-10 06:45 AM
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LatteLibertine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-10 07:24 AM
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and companies like them, are going to decimate all small businesses with prices they can't match, then jack their own prices up to where they want them. Support your local businesses if you have the opportunity and they're still there.
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