Politics: UAW scoffs at Mayer’s criticism of Gordon, says candidate has nothing to do with NAFTA

January 11, 2008

By Billy Dennis

I received a fax from the United Auto Workers stating that 92nd District candidate Jehan Gordon never worked for the NAFTA Opportunity Center, as stated in an Allen Mayer press release. I didn’t have time to OCR the fax into text so I could copy and paste. Nor did I have time to transcribe the content. I’ll try to get the text posted before the day is out.

Tags: Allen Mayers, Jehan Gordon, NAFTA

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Politics: UAW scoffs at Mayer’s criticism of Gordon, says candidate has nothing to do with NAFTA

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