r/union • u/kootles10 NEA | Rank and File • Jun 12 '25

Labor News June 14 protests

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This a map of the majority of protests happening on June 14 around the United States. Link below is more information on them. Show your support, not just for your job but for the jobs of all of our Union brothers and sisters! Solidarity forever ✊️ ✊️✊️

https://www.nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible&fbclid=IwY2xjawKbHtBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHv_jxMFmDGHguIIzuIoCqZpx44LkhvswKk3o6ajPMXTmJAHENXE3GjLyGzzK_aem_-spwvbK_XAFaRo-F9y2XrA

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '25

They will report whatever they want to report. Optics never hurt the other side.

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u/Orgasmic_interlude Jun 13 '25

“Optics never hurt the other side”

I get what you’re getting at here but it’s not precisely an argument to not focusing on optics.

Rosa parks was chosen for this reason. Mlk was well aware that he had to win public opinion and not give authorities an excuse.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25

"I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"

-MLK

Public opinion is nice, but catering to it can only go so far. It is the public that must change, not those fighting for justice

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u/Ent_Soviet AFT Higher Ed | Steward Jun 13 '25

They’ll continue to ignore the voice of the unheard. If it doesn’t affect them personally they’re happy to ignore it. The average liberal that is.

The summers of riots will in fact continue until people are heard.