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

[Roy San Filippo]

SEIU split with the AFL-CIO in 2005;  no one from their leadership sits on
the Board of the AFL-CIO Investment Trust.

On Dec 28, 2007 2:50 PM, Chuck <chuck at mutualaid.org> wrote:


> 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
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