The UAW president’s high-profile advocacy for a cease-fire in Gaza renews a tradition of advocacy for peace and justice by class-conscious union leaders. And he’s not alone.
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The Philadelphia Labor for Black Lives Coalition held a vigil for George Floyd on the one-year anniversary of his death at City Hall on May 25, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
In the shadow of City Hall, they knelt on the concrete for 9 minutes and 29 seconds in complete silence.
Some wept quiet tears. Others raised their fists in solidarity.
All of them came to honor George Floyd on the one-year anniversary of his murder by Minneapolis police, to keep alive the fight for racial justice his death sparked last May.
“I’m sad to say, but nobody is coming to save us. We are the change that we’ve been waiting for,” said Ethelind Baylor, a member of the Philadelphia Labor for Black Lives Coalition, which organized Tuesday’s night’s vigil.