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Labor rights leader: ‘Anything is negotiable’ when ‘the rich man’s’ money is threatened
The founder of the AFL-CIO’s Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) on Monday called on activists and workers to target the cash flow of corporations in the South that resist labor organizing. Appearing at the Southern Workers Assembly outside the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte on Monday, FLOC President Baldemar Velasquez…
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