CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING STORY ALERT
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Union Operative Advocates and Gains Power
By Peter Overby and Will Evans
National Public Radio | August 6, 2008
The Service Employees International Union, besides representing 2 million workers, is one of the most active and powerful political organizations in the nation. Beyond its own direct efforts, the union also helps create, lead, and fund dozens of organizations and coalitions that are influential in public policy debates and elections. NPR and CIR investigate.
+ LISTEN to the story on NPR.org:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93357018
+ WEB EXTRA: A CIR web-exclusive chart of SEIU's financial and political connections:
http://centerforinvestigativereporting.org/files/flash/seiu.html
+ SEE more Money and Politics stories by CIR:
http://centerforinvestigativereporting.org/projects/moneyandpolitics
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