Here. Today, we will be talking about athletes, racial, and social justice. This intersection of workers and social justice is something that aflcio has been doing for decades. Since recent happenings in our world we have really started Digging Deeper into social justice. For us, talking about workers who deal with Racial Justice issues and how unions should protect people of color and the work that we do in the workplace. You know, i think about what is going on in our nation and the conversation around Colin Kaepernick. We all know that conversation around athletes taking a stand spans way far back. I do not know how many of you have been to the africanamerican smithsonian. They started with the most famous of athletes taking direct action with the olympics. Think about mohammed ali. Think about the desegregation in baseball, football, and basketball. The wnba. Today is not the first time, right now is not the first time that athletes have taken a stand. Taking a stance. If you think
Well break it down to see what College Athletes and pro ballers think about it. Were hearing a voice from college. Greg is a ncaa lacrosse player in Fairfield University in connecticut. He joins us on the phone. Greg, are you with us . Im here. Melissa thanks for joining you. What do you think about issue . As an ncaa athlete, do you want to be unionized, what does it mean to you . Very interesting topic. And i would like to applaud ken coulter for his actions. I think it is great for standing up what he think is right. I believe personally that we do deserve a better voice within the ncaa. I think he is right to say that, you know, student athletes are not as wellrepresented as they should be. I also believe that things are such that really stuck out to me was the idea of the medical coverage. I think, you know, student athletes are giving up body for their sport and their schools. Ncaa is saying they have no legal obligation to cover injuries such as concussions. I think thats, shoul
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