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Opinion, Commentary, Editorials
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Over the pa t year, the
New York Daily News �nd ns
parent organization, The
-Tribune Company, have been
cheming to rid tbemselve
<;>f all the newspaper's union
emplo , Management's
� strategy ha been to provoke
./ a trike and then hire scabs a
permanent replacements.
In contract ne gctlation ,
the new paper' bargainer
made giv back demand 0
unre a enable' that the uni n
had n hoi c but to reject
them. Me anwhue, the bo e
be gan 10 hara and other
wi e rni treat their worker .
Finally, in I te October they
instigated a walkout and irn-.
mediately hired cab whom
they had h nc d up month
before.
Becau e the New ' prirni
tive union-bu ting campaign
ha occurred in a highly
" ,t·
un i o n iz c d Industry and
within a union town, or
ganized labor and its allies
mu t under land that
nowhere in th United State
are unions ecure againstihi
kind 0' alta ik. Therefore, we
.need to examine the events
surrounding the trike to ee
if we cal') learn orne Ie on
for the future.
One of the, trike' le ons
is obvi u . More than ever,
the trade unions and their
friend under rand the im
portance of pre sing for
legi lation banni ng uie u e of
permanent replacement
worker in a labor di pure.
Such legislation will be con
sidered by ongr next
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What do an Air Force
general and a top diplomat
have in common - beside
being Black and female?
They are Spelman' College
graduates, for one thing. and
the highest-ranked women in
their respeeti e fie Id ' .
Spelman ha e duc at c d
many successful. out t�nd
ing member of our com
munitie. One alum'nac ,
Brigadier Genera arcel i te
Harri wa recently
promoted to general in the
U.S. Air Force.
This mother of two i the
vice commander of the Ok
lahoma City Air Logistics
Center at Thinker Air Force
Base, Oklahoma. She is the
fir t Black female Air Force
general and help manage
26,000 worker in the main
tenance of v rious military
year, and we irr the Blac -
labor, alliance will fight for
its adoption.
A OTHER IMPOR ..
T TIes on hould be
no ed by both the trade union
movement and the Black
community. Not long go.
the News, lost a di crimina
tion uit brought again tit by
Black employee . Thi tells
. u something about the
newspaper's attitude toward
minorities.
But uddenly, shortly after
. the trike began, manage
'm e n t . an c tim 0 n i 0 us lye x
'pre ed an intcrcs t in-hiring
member of minority group"
It real aim, of course. as to
pit minoritie against tbe
triking union in order to
recruit cheap cab labor ..
F<?rtqnately, thi crude at-'
t�t to di�ide worker
along racial and ethnic line
collapsed when the National
Association of Black Jo ur-"
nali t , the A ian-American
Journalist As ociation, and
the a 'oOcH A sociation of
Hi panic Journalists refused
to y ball. Thi episode
'remind us that the w c l l-.
being .of American workers
cpend on' thcrr solidarity
regardle of race or hack-
gro nd ..
Our mi 'ion a the A.
Philip Randolph Institute is
to olidify tie between the
Black community and or
ganized labor. By it out
rageous o nd uct, the News
has inadvertently inspired u
with a fresh appreciation of
�he.i�portance of our work.,
ANOTHER 'PEI4MAN
_ graduate, .Aurel ia Braziel. is
the highest, ranking Black
woman officer in the foreign
service, and wa rece njly
nominated by Pre ident Bush
to erve a the next U.S.
envoy to the Federated States
f Micronesia. She is a 22-
yea r Sta te Depart me n t
veteran. and currently serve
a' minister co un e lo r of
Eco nomic Affai rs for the
American Emba y in Tokyo.
1 am extremely pr ud of
their pr of'cs ional achieve
ment . Hundred' of my Spel
man istcr are brc ing new
ground nd paving the way
for hundred more who will
enter the world prepared to
ful fi II their goal. Spelman'
re peered. faculty mot vate
many bright, hardworking
, young women to pur ue the
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Finally, the N�ws is using'
homel ess people a treet
hawker in a de perate at
tempt to get newspapers into
the hands of re ders. This
tactic teaches us that workers
have a stake in the well
'being of all members of
socie sr.
A LQ N G AS there are
destitute people, manage
ment will have a pool of
potential workers desperate
enough to dance to its tune.
un l r rn i t e d opportunities
a va if a b lc with a college
. education.
Whilc I am partial to Spcl
man. there are over 100
Black college from which
young men and women can
choo 'c. Black higher educa
tion institutiins are seeing a
substantial increa e in en
rollment. which ,i promis
ing.
A cordingto John White
of the Univer ity of North
Carolina in A heville.
"There i. less r ci tension
(at historically Black chool
)." "And there i an atmo -
phere that e pecially fo tcr
achievement among Blac ."
he . dds.
De pi te incre
ment rate .• Blac
e pcci lly le c - nown in
ti tutions - have difficulty
aur cting faculty. About
one-third of tbe ne rly
.'l
So when the Randolph In
stitute presses government
for economic and social
programs to raise the poorest
among us to a decent stand
ard of living, we are con
cerned not only with 'these
people but with the welfare
of all working people.
. In the past decade many
Americans hav forgotten
that racial harmony and com
passionate government are in
tbe interest of all but those
who -would divide society in
order 0 exploit workers.
Hopefully, the Daily News
stri e will remind tbem of
this basic lesson al?d thereby
'enlarge he poliucal support
for the Blac -labor alliance's
agenda for racial equality
and ocial and economic ju -
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The Iure and prom; .e of Black colleg·es·
By � rian WrJgbt Edelman aircraft and ' ,
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Norman Hi(l is' Pre ident
of the A. Philip Randolph J.n�
stitute.
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20.000 Black faculty teach at
Black colleges. Fewer than
one- ixth are fulltime profes
sors and the rest are assistant
or a'. ociatc professors.
Marian
Wrlgtit
Eldelman
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TillS IS DISTURBI G
news for young people who
choo c to attend historically
Black college. Future tu
dent may discover thcir prospect of future college
higher education options( graduates becoming role
limited through the lack of models for ub: e quc nt
Black educator. generation . Through their
Whatever the future out- example. our children will
come maybe. today we must appreci te the value of'
ensure that every child i higher education. ut they
prepared for and ha the op- are going to have to weat
portunuy to ue d COllege. and toil and pray d help io
A college degree can open get the next generation of
orne door, but it won't Black children where the e
gu r ntee uccess. Hard graduate are today.
work and perseverance -
Marcelite H rri nd Aurelia
Br z ie l .have hown u
will get you omewhere.
I m. excited t the
CHILD
WATCH
Marian Wright Edelmala is
president 0/ the Children's
Defense Fund, Jh.uU..-T""" .........
voice lor childr. n.