[lbo-talk] Guess who's funding New Orlean's public housing demolitions?

[Chuck]

Joseph Catron wrote:
> "Providence [Community Housing] and the AFL-CIO Investment Trust
> Corporation were recently awarded 196 blighted and/or adjudicated
> properties, as part of a major new iniative to partner with local
> residents/groups in planning the rebuilding of the Tremé/Lafitte &
> Tulane/Gravier neighborhoods.  Our advisors on this project include
> NeighborWorks, M.I.T.'s School of Architecture, and Tulane
> University's UrbanBUILD.

Is the SEIU part of the AFL-CIO?

This bit of information may explain why the "movement killer" organizer 
from the SEIU was in New Orleans last week.

Chuck