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Podcast: Black History Year
Episode: Building Better Labor Unions with Bianca Cunningham
Description: Today’s History Story: White Americans Kept Unions Exclusive – But Black Workers Still TriumphedThe right to earn a living wage under just and safe work conditions is as inalienable a right as our freedom of speech. Still, the history of Black people in the American labor movement is rooted in injustice. White supremacy has sought to keep Black workers from the best jobs, the most robust industries, and their sacred labor unions. However, today is a different day, as Black workers now occupy more seats at the labor union table than...