Black unemployment in July 21 Left Business Observer

[alec ramsdell]

This may qualify as a gratuitous post, but this morning, the second 
morning at my new temp gig, I was told I would not be permitted to 
arrive early to work to spend an unpaid 30 mins going through my email, 
that I wasn't to go on the internet period, so here I am.  En Garde 
Mssrs.!

A few observations.  I know a guy, a union worker, who actually moved 
out of a state because of the racism in the union, he noted this in 
others states he had worked as well.  I mean really bad talk, things 
like "Hitler was right" (applied to blacks).  Also, I have a friend who 
now works for SEIU and AFL, who attended union summer last year.  She 
noted a tendency among the to-be organized workers of being more 
interested in asking her out on a date than in labor organization.

Anyone involved with unions: what about homosexuality and homophobism in 
unions?  Is this a topic that is dealt with in any public context?

-Alec

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