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Food for Thought for White Voters
Lest we forget:
Anti-labor politicians attacks against working people hurt more Whites than Blacks.
During Reagan's first term, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) supported his election financially and in get-out-the-vote activities. But when they were forced out on strike and appealed to him. Reagan ignored their appeal, broke their strike, destroyed their union, allowed scabs to take their jobs, and walked away, without a backward glance leaving 11,000 PATCO employees, 95% white, jobless, like broken toy soldiers on a make-believe battle field.
Today, 20 years later, anti-labor politicians continue their attack against the unions -- in the workplace and in the halls of congress, where the unions are fighting for labor reform legislation, anti-scab legislation and an increase in the minimum wage. These programs are labeled and attacked by the politicians with the political code words Big Labor, Big Government, and Bleeding Heart Liberal.
U.S. civilian labor force, 16 years of age and older
| Blacks |
16,500,000
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| Whites |
116,400,000
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Don't forget, according to the statistics above, any vote against labor reform in the U.S. hurts more White workers than Black workers.
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