(not quite P) fascinating article

[Michael Bailey]

fascinating article:
http://www.blackcommentator.com/128/128_cover_labor.html


Black Power = Union Power

There was a time when union halls in many cities were centers of
community activity, inseparable from the social, cultural and
political life of the surrounding neighborhoods. Vital, active local
union halls were the pride of organized labor – but that was back when
white union members both lived and worked in the cities. Now that the
cities and union membership are largely Black and brown, Blacks are
confronted with demands for greater centralization of resources,
authority, and planning in the hands of white-dominated headquarters
leadership.


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- "Boogity boogity boogity boogity shoo
Hey now everybody in the Union Hall
It's Pony Time when you hear this call" - Pony Time, John Berry and Don Covay