Posted on 08/20/2014 4:18:17 PM PDT by mdittmar
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WASHINGTON – American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. today issued the following statement:
“In the days since Michael Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri, there has been an outpouring of anger and grief across the nation. My own reaction is simultaneously one of deep sympathy for his family, a prayer that the justice system works so that a fair investigation and adjudication occur, and an understanding of the righteous anger felt by members of his community who have been protesting in the streets.
“Everybody in the labor movement understands why ‘peace’ in communities like Ferguson is so fragile. Ferguson is like so many once-stable and prosperous towns that have been ravaged by decades of economic decline caused by ‘free-trade,’ globalization and winner-take-all economic policies that led to the disappearance of good union jobs. Ferguson may be suburban, but 22% of its residents live in poverty and 13% are unemployed; median household income is just $37,000.
“What we see in the streets of Ferguson is not just the understandable sorrow over a young man’s life cut short, but the equally understandable rage over far too many experiences of racism, economic insecurity, political disenfranchisement, and the ever-widening gap between the rich and everybody else.
“I strongly support the decision to have the Justice Department conduct a full civil rights investigation of this case. We in the labor movement recognize that our struggles – for economic justice, for social justice, for political equality, and for dignity for every American – are represented in the streets of Ferguson too, and we stand in solidarity with this community in its insistence that justice be served.”
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union, representing 670,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia
It's "the disappearance of good union jobs".
LOL!
Will AFSCME or SEIU be next?
Funny. Did he leave out any union buzzwords. He’s down for the struggle!
What percentage of AFGE members are black?
Friends don’t let friends vote themselves out of work by voting Dummiecrat.
All I know is that is to many.
It lead to the dissappearance of lots of jobs not just "good union jobs".
We should never have lowered the import tariffs in the 1960's. Wages have stagnated since then. Imports have soared. Industries have been lost. Unemployment has soared. Food stamps rolls have soared. We're dependent on foreign countries for way too much stuff, including military parts.
We need to restore the import tariffs, and bring back American jobs. And if it helps the unions in the process, so be it.
WTF- Michael Brown was not joining the union he was beating the hell out of a cop. First rule of fight club is don’t “F” with a cop who has a gun. Second rule of fight don’t bring a fist to a gun fight.
Shouldn’t that read: The ‘largest head’ (big head, moron, pot head, idiot, poser, corrupt official, Democrat) who’s affiliated with a union.....?
Communists, public employees unions, racialists, politicians; its easy to recognize which groups benefit most from racial strife - they’re the ones rending their garments and wailing the loudest.
yes just read a couple threads up, guess they all got the memo to speak up.
Boy our cU is terrific and the whole town goes there.
This whole administration is one big propaganda mouthpiece.
What a piece of work...and what a pile of bull crap.
It sounds like their DNC massas have issued marching orders to their turdboys in their unions. LOL! Commies are so full of it.
So, what are the odds the cop is not a union member?
If he’s not, then we know a little more than we did before this idiot spoke up.
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