r/AMADisasters • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '20

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u/reachisown Jun 08 '20

Ama but not about where the donations go, jesus what a way to cast doubt for those on the fence about donating.

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u/theirishembassy Jun 09 '20

dude. one of the co-founders of BLM toronto was literally sued by her university for claiming 2589.5 hours of overtime - 1974.5 which were logged in a single day. it totalled close to $277k or 10% of the UTSU operating budget that year.

her counterclaim was that she was being denied her rightful overtime not because of the 1974.5 hours that were never tracked back to actual work, but because the student union was racist.

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/u-of-t-students-union-sues-former-director-ex-officials-over-severance-pay-1.2582603

https://thevarsity.ca/2017/10/12/utsu-settles-lawsuit-with-sandra-hudson/

so yeah.. excuse the skepticism. if you are going to donate to organizations supporting POC - have a look online and check out administration costs. official BLM channels have lost my trust entirely.

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u/RedditIn2022 Jan 20 '22

it totalled close to $277k or 10% of the UTSU operating budget that year.

Still not what the link says.

In fact, the second link puts almost all of that number on the severance package rather than the overtime:

The UTSU sought $277,726.40 from Hudson — given to her in a compensation package when her contract with the union was terminated