Posted on 10/10/2014 7:04:28 PM PDT by mdittmar
In September, when AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka spoke to the convention of the Missouri AFL-CIO, he addressed the recent events in Ferguson, Mo., that led to the shooting of Michael Brown, saying that it was important for labor to be a part of the necessary conversation about race in the United States. Now the AFL-CIO, including the federation's director of civil, human and women's rights, Carmen Berkley, and Neidi Dominguez, assistant director of community engagement, will be in Missouri this weekend as part of the "Justice for All" events, including a national march and rally in St. Louis and Moral Monday-themed civil disobedience.
If you are going to be in the area for the national march on Saturday, please RSVP to be included as part of the working families contingent.
Learn more about all of the events, which begin today at the Ferguson October website.
They did, but not the way they expected. Blacks are only 15% of the population, and segments of the black population that are opposed to this uncivilized behavior haven't spoken up.
What have we learned? That we should give NO credence to minority concerns, unless they're concerns for all US citizens. Smart conservatives (oxymoron?) could capitalize on this and win almost every election.
Besides this lesson, we've also learned that law-abiding people are on our own in a crisis. And we've learned that it's a real good idea to have a plan B in case chaos erupts. It would happen just about anywhere.
Don't *I* count?
I hope no one starts a rumor that Typhoid Barry sent Ebola carriers into their midst...it just might disperse the rioting crowd.
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