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Post by el Gusano on Apr 8, 2010 21:08:11 GMT -5
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Post by printemps on Apr 8, 2010 22:23:19 GMT -5
You need to look hard for contemporary examples in the piece. Unions played a mixed role in the civil rights movement. Some unions fought to keep minorities out. But unions also helped to organize the Montgomery bus boycott. MLK was assassinated while helping striking union workers in Memphis. In the five decades ending in 1985, the number of African Americans in labor unions increased from an estimated 50,000 to more than three million.
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Post by el Gusano on Apr 8, 2010 22:41:36 GMT -5
Never said they weren't greedy and willing to take their money from wherever they can pry it.
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Post by printemps on Apr 9, 2010 7:47:16 GMT -5
Even when a point is undermined by contrary evidence, the man still sails off into azure bliss.
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Post by el Gusano on Apr 9, 2010 8:23:07 GMT -5
Yes, but you will come around eventually.
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Post by printemps on Apr 9, 2010 8:57:00 GMT -5
We're there for you whenever the blindingly obvious arouses consciousness.
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Post by osrb on Apr 9, 2010 9:25:39 GMT -5
This does not surprise me. The most racist people I have ever met were left wing union members.
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