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With gay marriage decided, what will be the next big left-led social change?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Dick Whitman, Jun 30, 2015.

  1. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    How about this quote from an early "friend of organized labor"?
    #democraticprocesses
     
  2. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    How about dealing with the facts?
     
  3. Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine Well-Known Member

    Haha. If I resented successful people, I'd call for something ridiculous like a maximum wage.
     
  4. JackReacher

    JackReacher Well-Known Member

    Young. LOL
     
  5. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    #dealwiththefactsIdeemrelevant
     
  6. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Right!

    Prevailing wage laws were enacted to protect "local" WHITE workers against "non-local" workers, many of whom were African-American.

    And, yes, these laws, protecting "local" white workers do go back more than 70 years. That's the point. Racist laws have protected racist unions for over 100 years.

    And, yes, local WHITE communities, fearful of the Negros stealing their jobs, "organized" to keep them from competing on price.

    That's not some heroic story to celebrate Cran.

    It's institutional racism of the highest order.
     
  7. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Dude, how many times, in how many ways, do you want me to say that I misunderstood your post?
     
  8. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    Baron already schooled you on this point: The laws protect the local wage base so people who live in the communities can work in the communities.
     
  9. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Testimony during hearings over the act: "Colored labor is being sought to demoralize wage rates."

    Friend or foe of the labor movement?
     
  10. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    Good one! You're quicker than usual today.
     
  11. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    I wish I had enrolled in this class instead of just auditing it. I bet it's worth 4 credits.
     
  12. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    The cumulative final is a bitch, what with OOP doing the statistics part and all.
     
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