Harlem civil rights leader Al Sharpton on Saturday called out one of the most powerful unions in New York for its failure to invest their assets in minority-run investment funds.
Harlem civil rights leader Al Sharpton on Saturday slammed one of the most powerful unions in New York for its failure to direct its assets into minority-run investment funds.
“But I am going to make sure; we are going to sit down with them. I think it’s important. I want the members of [NAN] and the members of unions to be assured that we are going to meet with [union presidents] in the next week or so. That’s important.” Harlem civil rights leader Al Sharpton slammed one of the most powerful unions in New York for failure to direct its assets into minority-run investment funds.His pointed comments come less than two days after The Post revealed that the union is falling flat in investing its funds with minority investment funds.
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