Trade union opportunism in relation to the Black Liberation Movement
Subtitle: Working Class Concentration Conference, September 28-29, 1968
By: Bob Lindsay
Published: 1968
Place of publication: 1968
Language: eng
Subjects: Discrimination in employment; African American labor union members; African Americans; Segregation; Civil rights
Description: This paper proposes "forming groups of white trade unionists to crack apprenticeship programs" using picketing, demonstrations, delegations and lawsuits against blatantly discriminatory unions.
Notes: Reproduced from typewritten copy.

Contrary to popular belief, all of the major labor federations in the U.S. began with equalitarian positions. The National Labor Union, The Knights of Labor, and even the American Federation of Labor began with the understanding that it would not discrimate against any group of workers. However, after 1900, racial bars against black members were added.