Labor movement vows to heal Democratic Party

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.stlamerican.com/articles/2008/05/22/news/local_news/localnews001.txt

By Chris King Of the St. Louis American
Thursday, May 22, 2008 3:34 PM CDT

The American labor movement unequivocally vowed to heal any division in the democratic party at the opening session of the 37th International Convention of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists held this morning (Thursday) in Downtown St. Louis.

The senior leadership of the CBTU, the senior leadership of St. Louis Labor and executive leaders from the AFL-CIO and many other powerful international unions all spoke as one vowing to register voters mobilize voters and educate constituents to defeat the republican party in November.


President Bill Lucy issued the Official Conventional Call for the 37th International Convention of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists in St. Louis Thursday. Photo by Wiley Price


Whether local to St. Louis or international, whether black or white - more than a dozen senior level labor leaders all dismissed any divisions in the democratic party and challenged the Rankin File to actively work to elect a democratic U.S. president.

“You can take a break after November 8th,” said William (Bill) Lucy, beloved president of CBTU.

Other labor leaders who spoke in unison with Lucy include:

Arlene Holt-Baker, executive vice president of the AFL-CIO and the highest-ranking minority in the American labor movement.

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