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Teachers’ union bankrolls NAACP bash - NYPOST.com

Teachers’ union bankrolls NAACP bash - NYPOST.com:

NAACP taking heat as UFT chips in 25G

Last Updated: 12:27 AM, October 7, 2011

Posted: 12:27 AM, October 7, 2011

It’s the teacher’s pet.

The city teachers union is helping bankroll the costs of the New York NAACP’s 75th-anniversary conference beginning today.

The United Federation of Teachers is listed as one of the top three financial sponsors for the three-day Diamond Jubilee celebration at the Westin Times Square Hotel and Conference Center.

The UFT contributed $25,000, and union President Mike Mulgrew is listed as one of the participants.

Charter-school parents immediately ripped the UFT’s role in the civil-rights group’s conference. They say it provides further evidence that the NAACP has become a union lackey instead of



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