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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Good Morning Philadelphia: Protestors block traffic at Convention Center work site

Staff photographer Clem Murray reports:

A group of African American construction contractors and laborers picketed during this morning’s rushhour at the work site for expansion of the Pennsylvania Convention Center, blocking through traffic on Race and Arch Streets.

Jamal Johnson, a contractor from West Philadelphia, said the group was protesting the “citywide problem of exclusionary practices when it comes to the awarding of contracts to African Americans.”

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Posted by Inquirer Online Desk @ 9:30 AM  Permalink | 3 comments
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Posted 12:19 PM, 05/27/2009
heller
With about a 50% minority population, I have heard that only ~3% of trade union membership is minority. If that is true, then the unions deserve to be picketed. Can anyone verify the stats?
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