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yallerdawg

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1. The "labor movement" has always been about social justice.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Dec 3, 2016, 02:16 PM

Dec 2016

While some unions, at times, have gone off the rails, what we need to recognize are the set-in-stone achievements and successes of the movement which are instilled in our laws and American values now.

Success has its drawbacks, one of them being, "What are you doing for me now?"

The Democratic Party and the "labor movement" are both needed most when they have something to fight for - not after we fought and won repeatedly - and now attention moves on to 'other' distractions.

What goes around, comes around.

We'll be back. Capitalism can't help but hurt, and we'll have a lot more to fight for!

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Forward without caring about dues from racists [View all] Omaha Steve Dec 2016 OP

The "labor movement" has always been about social justice. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #1

For far too long, the labor movement, the union movement, guillaumeb Dec 2016 #2