>Did the A16 folks contact these groups, as opposed to
>just calling the AFL-CIO leadership?
Njoki's not around to answer, but as I remember, their outreach work was to grassroots groups in & around Washington, not AFL-CIO bosses.
>That LCLAA and A. Phillip Randolph feel more comfortable making coalitions
>with the Black and Hispanic Chambers of Commerce than with the Seattle
>protest networks should be disturbing to most progressives, but I have a
>suspicion that one reason is that they were not asked to join - a first
>step often overlooked.
On the other hand, there's a good reason they call it "business unionism."
Doug