In a speech by Richard Trumka to the Virginia State Labor Convention, the top ranking labor leader lays it on the line about how racism is harmful to white workers, and that there is no reason not to vote for Barack Obama. He tells the story of a woman who is under the influence of racism. For a major labor leader to directly confront racism among white workers in this fashion is a breakthrough.
AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka talks about race and Obama
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