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Confront racism, leader tells union ; Issue shadows campaign for Obama, Haynes contends
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The Boston Globe
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September 2, 2008
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The state's top union leader, concerned that some white voters
will not vote for Barack Obama because he is black, issued an
impassioned plea to union members yesterday to confront racism on
the campaign trail.
Speaking to politicians and pipefitters alike, Massachusetts AFL-
CIO president Robert Haynes brought the audience to its feet at the
Greater Boston Central Labor Council's annual Labor Day breakfast.
He surprised many union members by delivering an unusually direct
speech on the sensitive issue of racism, echoing concerns from other
union leaders nationwide.
"Barack Obama's skin color isn't what matters in this election,"
Haynes told more than 350 people who gathered for bacon and ...
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