Good evening NAACP and union family. I’m honored to be here today and declare, as the first Black president of the Communications Workers of America, that CWA and the labor movement is “All In”! We’re “All In” when it comes to social justice. “All In” for protecting the working class. And we’re “All In” when it comes to combining the strength of both the labor and civil rights movements!
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I’d like to take a moment to thank President Derrick Johnson for inviting me, all my fellow board members for your hard work, and my fellow members of the NAACP Labor Committee. I’d also like to acknowledge NAACP Labor Committee Chair Robin Willians and Vice-Chair Ray Curry.
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I don’t have long so I’m gonna get straight to the point.
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The labor and civil rights movements are intertwined both fighting for political, social, and economic equality. We cannot have a strong labor movement without attention to civil rights, nor can we have a strong civil rights movement without economic justice.
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Last year, at the beginning of my presidency of CWA, we were celebrating the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, which brought back memories of Dr....
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