Union group seeks to tie companies to white supremacy

Published August 24, 2017 4:59pm ET



A union-run activist group slammed corporate America Thursday for its reaction to the recent racial unrest sparked by the violence in Charlottesville, Va., and President Trump’s response to the incident, saying that business leaders tolerated Trump’s racial attitudes before those incidents and backed away from him only when public pressure forced them to.

“Corporate America has a long history of supporting white supremacy. CEOs’ rebuke of Trump doesn’t change that,” Jobs With Justice tweeted Thursday. It followed that with another tweet, “White supremacy and low wages go hand-in-hand. #fightfor15.” Jobs with Justice is a pro-labor activist group whose board of directors includes AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, among other top union leaders.

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