http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/ACORN-labor-affiliate-declines-to-file-annual-report-in-New-Orleans-51096732.htmlBy: Kevin Mooney
Commentary Staff Writer
07/18/09 1:09 PM EDT
Community activists who provide support and training services for organized labor have neglected to file their annual report with the Louisiana secretary of state and are now listed as being “not in good standing,” according to public records.
A non-profit affiliate organization of the Association of Community Activists for Reform Now (ACORN) that shares the same address with almost 300 other allied groups in New Orleans was suppose to file its annual report shortly after its anniversary in late May of this year, Jacques Berry, a press secretary for Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne said in an interview.
“They have to file this report whether or not there are any changes in their leadership,” he said. “If they fail to file by their anniversary date, then they are listed as not in good standing. But our office does not regulate these organizations. We are merely a registration agency.”
The ACORN Community Labor Organizing Center (ACLOC) was the single largest recipient of donations from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) to ACORN and its many affiliates between 2005 and 2008, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) LM-2 disclosure forms show.
The SEIU donations recorded on LM-2’s show the ACLOC Apprentice Program received $630,457 in 2008, $780,300 in 2007, $1.5 million in 2006, and $834,841 in 2005. There are strong links between SEIU and the national ACORN organization. SEIU Locals 100 and 880 were listed as allied organizations on ACORN’s web site until The Examiner highlighted this connection
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