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Labor unions, activist groups plan nationwide ‘Strike for Black Lives’ on July 20
Associated Press via Los Angeles Times ^
| 07/09/2020
Posted on 07/19/2020 8:16:31 PM PDT by Fedora
. . .We have to link these fights in a new and deeper way than ever before, said Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union, which represents over 2 million workers in the U.S. and Canada. . .The service workers union has partnered with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the American Federation of Teachers, United Farm Workers and the Fight for $15 and a Union, which was launched in 2012 by American fast food workers to push for a higher minimum wage. . .
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aaronmorrison; aft; antoineandrews; ap; biden; blacklivesmatter; blm; borealisphilanthropy; chrisshelton; cpd; cwa; m4bl; marchon; marykayhenry; ndwa; poorpeoplescampaign; randalllaplante; seiu; soros; strikeforblacklives; teamsters; ufw; unions; usualsuspects; williambarber
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To: Fedora
The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) is a coalition of groups across the United States which represent the interests of black communities. It was formed in 2014 as a response to sustained and increasingly visible violence against black communities, with the purpose of creating a united front and establishing a political platform.[1][2] The collective is made up of more than 150 organizations, with members such as the Black Lives Matter Network, the National Conference of Black Lawyers, and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights,[3] and endorsement from groups including Color of Change, Race Forward, Brooklyn Movement Center, PolicyLink, Million Women March Cleveland, and ONE DC.[4] The coalition receives communications and tactical support from an organization named Blackbird. . .Organizations such as the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, ACLU of Northern California, and the National Council of Jewish Women showed support for the Movement for Black Lives by issuing public statements following the movement's controversial publication of its platform. . .The Movement for Black Lives received further support from Democracy for America following the release of its policy platform. . .In 2016, the Ford Foundation partnered with Borealis Philanthropy, an intermediary organization, to set up a "Black-Led Movement Fund" with the stated intention to "bring $100 million in new resources to the Movement for Black Lives".[27][28] Although Ford Foundation decided to no longer move forward with their investment, the BLMF has been able to award small grants to several organizations within the Movement for Black Lives. [29] There was widespread negative reaction among Jewish organizations[30][31] to the Movement for Black Lives' 2016 Platform, wherein the latter group stated that "[the] US justifies and advances the global war on terror via its alliance with Israel and is complicit in the genocide taking place against the Palestinian people", that "Israel is an apartheid state", and that "[the] US [has funded an] apartheid wall". . .:
Movement for Black Lives (M4BL)
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posted on
07/19/2020 8:33:52 PM PDT
by
Fedora
To: Fedora
Will the teachers be striking from home, where they’ve been collecting paychecks for doing nothing for 4 months now?
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posted on
07/19/2020 8:34:32 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: Fedora
Communist.
Revolution.
Is.
Here.
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posted on
07/19/2020 8:35:12 PM PDT
by
Skywise
To: Fedora
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posted on
07/19/2020 8:35:55 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees)
To: Fedora
SEIU...most militant SOBS of the union con.
To: Fedora
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posted on
07/19/2020 8:39:34 PM PDT
by
Fedora
To: rllngrk33
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posted on
07/19/2020 8:40:42 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
To: Fedora
why didn’t I get invited......
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posted on
07/19/2020 8:41:11 PM PDT
by
cherry
To: Fedora
Hire for white lives July 21st(without a union).
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posted on
07/19/2020 8:44:27 PM PDT
by
Mark
(Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
To: Fedora
Seattle branch of this protest is described here:
Strike for Collective Justice: On Monday, labor unions and activists plan a nationwide strike for Black lives. This local strike and protestorganized by Black Minds Matter, East Side for Black Lives, and Defund SPDseeks racial, economic, and climate justice. 1pm, 117 S Washington Street (Occidental Square), Seattle:
Where to Protest in Seattle July 1720
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posted on
07/19/2020 8:44:46 PM PDT
by
Fedora
To: rllngrk33
You’re not underestimating anything.Right now, we have our friends on the left and too many others simultaneously agitating for President Trump to impose a national mask requirement while condemning him for taking action against the anarchists in Portland. That level of cognitive dissonance is a grave danger to the country.
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posted on
07/19/2020 8:46:19 PM PDT
by
Dahoser
(Not separation of church and state, but of media and state.)
To: Fedora
So this is a purely political rally with nothing to do with BLM or Floyd
To: Fedora
The Whos who list of Commie dirtbags. I dont see any skilled trades unions in this list.
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posted on
07/19/2020 8:48:05 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
(Inside every DemocRAT politician is a fascist dictator screaming to be let loose.)
To: Nifster
To: Fedora
Look at all those groups. Why can’t people just live their lives, work hard, and just enjoy life to the fullest? Ever since Trump won, it’s been non-stop protesting and rioting.
What the F are they so unhappy about?
To: Fedora
They need to head over to Chicago and have a talk with the mayor.
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posted on
07/19/2020 8:51:07 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
To: wetgundog
The in the most vile group...public school teachers.
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posted on
07/19/2020 8:51:52 PM PDT
by
rrrod
(6)
To: Fedora
So sick of all these people they can rot.
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posted on
07/19/2020 8:52:03 PM PDT
by
funfan
To: dp0622
Do you think the Police union would backtrack on their support for President trump?
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posted on
07/19/2020 8:53:43 PM PDT
by
funfan
To: Fedora
Just looking at the number of striking organizations made me wonder if there was an equivalent number of conservative organizations. There isn’t. My momentary dismay was eradicated then I realized that there millions of conservatives too busy creating to belong to a conservative organization. They own businesses. They run businesses. They build. They create. They are your everyday hard working American trying to provide a better life for their families. These pissant unions are completely outnumbered.
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07/19/2020 8:56:28 PM PDT
by
ConservativeInPA
("War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." - George Orwell, 1984)
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