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Beyond the Rhetoric: A History of Union Racism

By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist It was the early 1970s and my mentor, the late Arthur Fletcher, received the โ€œgreen lightโ€ from Secretary of Labor George Schultz and President Richard Nixon to integrate the construction workforce on federally regulated projects.  Construction unions were livid about this.  AFL-CIO president George Meany demanded the firing of […]

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