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

She died.

But, thanks for asking.

 

Well that sucks. Tough as shit to be transgendered.

 

He ain't black, it was just a dirty day and he didn't get to his Borax yet.

 

Yes.

 

They aren't, but since you're the one that is being a troll decided this was some kind of issue, I think it's sort of up to you (after wasting our time for six pages) to actually demonstrate some type of discrimination. Show me examples of people fighting to get into a union who are being blocked because a union is discriminating against them. There must be complaints and lawsuits galore.

 

Yeah, did your Hispanic, probably from Mexico, rape the transgendered person? And if so, did a cold sweat run up Caleb Hannan's spine?

 

That's what the story on the Philadelphia unions said. The Recession killed a bunch of jobs, so the unions weren't holding training programs and opening up membership because there already wasn't enough work for the existing membership.

 

How many gay couples were "fighting for" gay marriage, or filing lawsuits regarding it 20 years ago?

African-Americans have been shut out of these jobs for over 100 years. Nothing has changed.

White politicians and white labor unions (with some black politicians mixed in) have conspired to keep them out, and keep them dependent on the public sector union jobs they've made available to them, as well as the social safety net.

The modern Dem party is a coalition of groups, all fighting for their issue, and you don't buck another member of the group's agenda.

So, gays get marriage.

"Whites working class" Dems get good paying union jobs.

Blacks get low paying union jobs and public assistance -- and discount bike share memberships!

And, well connected African-Americans like Jesse Jackson get Budweiser distributorships for their kids to help keep them out of a fight like this, and Al Sharpton gets a TV show.

It all works out, and the high paying unions stay as white as Augusta.

 

Yeah, that's great Baron, but even in good times, the building trade unions don't open up their ranks:

Latest Construction Bottleneck - Shortage of Skilled Workers - NYTimes.com

If they did that, some Negro would end up ahead of Patty's son on the union's seniority list. Sure, Patty's son is only 10-years-old today, but he'll be joining the union soon enough.

 

Hey, we only discriminated for 44 years, what's the problem:

A New York-based union for sheet-metal workers agreed to pay $12.7 million to partially settle a 44-year-old discrimination lawsuit brought by Hispanic and black workers, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Thursday.

The settlement, which stems from a suit filed in 1971, covers nearly 400 workers who claimed they were unfairly treated between April 1991 and June 2006.

The Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association will initially pay $4 million to the employees — and then contribute millions more over the next five years.

The settlement is pending approval in Manhattan federal court.

“It’s considered a fair settlement not only by us but hopefully by the court,” said Tom Lepak, one of the lawyers on the case.

The union, which represents some 4,000 journeymen, didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment.

Union to partially settle 44-year-old discrimination lawsuit | New York Post

 

It's an America problem, not a union problem.

The incredible pay disparity facing blacks and Hispanics in retail work - The Washington Post

 

I believe the original question was what was going to be the next big "left led" social change. Labor unions are are embedded in the political machinery of the left. "The Left" could change this tomorrow.

But, they don't want to.

But, hey, the flag, or something.