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Union blasts SEANC leaders

bniolet — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:17:28 -0400

A national labor union has stepped into the Wake County school board elections to endorse candidates and fling barbs at State Employees Association head Dana Cope.

UNITE HERE, which represents hospitality and textile workers, issued a press release today endorsing Rita Rakestraw in District 1 and Karen Simon in District 7 for their support of Wake's school diversity policy, T. Keung Hui reports on his Wake Ed blog.

Labor spending doubled from '04

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:52:03 -0500

Labor spending on state races more than doubled since the 2004 elections.

According to campaign finance reports, six unions spent about $2.2 million on contributions and independent expenditures for campaigns for state office in 2004.

That's less than half the $4.7 million spent this year.

How much did labor spend in '08?

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:50:36 -0500

How much did labor groups spend in 2008?

We're still working through the campaign finance reports, but here are the numbers Dome has collected so far on spending in state races by unions and employee associations:

National Education Association: $1,935,703

UNITE HERE spent $16k in '08 races

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:16:00 -0500

UNITE HERE spent $16,500 in 2008 races.

The retail workers union gave $8,000 apiece to Treasurer-elect Janet Cowell, $4,000 each to lieutenant governor primary candidate Hampton Dellinger and gubernatorial primary candidate Richard Moore and $500 to Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue, all Democrats.

Cowell raised $663k by end of June

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:12:31 -0400

Janet Cowell received $663,403 in contributions by the end of June.

Unite Here endorses Moore

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:16:24 -0400

UNITE HERE endorsed Richard Moore today.

At a press conference in his Raleigh headquarters, the state chapter of the labor group announced its endorsement of the Democratic gubernatorial candidate.