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The United States and our Labor Movement would not be where we are today without the important contributions of black workers and leaders. We are grateful for the hard work, dedication and leadership of black workers, who have made our unions and our country strong. As our labor movement continues to fight for working class people today and into the future, the contributions and solidarity of our black union members will continue to make us stronger.

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This column by UFCW 227 President Bob Blair and Secretary Treasurer Paul L. Whiteley Jr. was originally published in the UFCW 227 2024 Winter Print Edition of News and Views and has been adapted for online use.

This amendment, known as Amendment 2, will allow public funds to be used outside of public schools and given instead to unaccountable private schools. You may hear this referred to as school vouchers. Vouchers are a wildly expensive way to use our taxpayer dollars to subsidize students already in private school and they hurt our rural public schools the most.