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3. I'm surprised to see what this person's website says this about their labor background
Sun Sep 3, 2023, 05:21 PM
Sep 2023

Last edited Sun Sep 3, 2023, 08:02 PM - Edit history (1)

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"My father was a labor organizer with the CIO. He was part of the UAW’s campaign to organize Ford Plants in 1937, where men and women were brutally assaulted for trying to form a union. My grandfather worked on the Rock Island Railroad, taking my father to hear Eugene Debs speak w
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hen my dad was just a child.

When I was growing up, my parents told me “if you cross a picket line, don’t bother coming home.” My brother worked for Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers and the imprint of support for Labor has stayed with us throughout our adult lives."

https://marianne2024.com/issues/empowered-labor/
Also https://marianne2024.com/issues/pandemic-policy/
All Issues https://marianne2024.com/issues/

Joe Biden is obviously the one to vote for, but I thought her labor (& other) policies might be of interest to some in this group.
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