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July 17, 2009

Conservative Group Switches Stance After $2M Lobby Offer Rebuffed
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And the American Conservative Union is coming under scrutiny for
offering to back the shipping company Fed Ex in a legislative dispute in
return for a $2 million payment. According to Politico, the ACU
approached Fed Ex with a proposal to publicly lobby against legislation
that would force the company to negotiate union contracts locally
instead of nationwide. In its letter to Fed Ex, the ACU said, “We stand
with Fed Ex in opposition to this legislation.” But when Fed Ex declined
to pay the ACU for its public support, the group switched sides and
backed rival company UPS, which supports the measure.



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