Transit Union Refuses to Bring White Nationalists to 'Unite the Right' Rally

[smilesammich 10,727]

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Washington D.C.’s metro rail system is considering providing separate trains for white nationalists attending the so-called “Unite the Right” rally next weekend, according to the Washington Post. The rally, taking place at the National Mall, will be held on the anniversary of last year’s deadly events in Charlottesville, Va.

The proposal would involve providing special trains to white nationalists on August 11 and 12 that pick up at the East Falls Church Metro in Virginia and go to the Foggy Bottom station. Once there, police will escort them to the rally.

Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union, Metro’s largest union, leaked the plans and stated that it refuses to accommodate the hate groups, ThinkProgress reported.

“Sources have shared with ATU Local 689 that a hate group with Ku Klux Klan affiliation will be provided three private Metro rail cars and police escort to Foggy Bottom Metro Station for the ‘Unite the Right’ 2018 rally,” the union said. “More than 80% of Local 689’s membership is people of color, the very people that the Ku Klux Klan and other white nationalist groups have killed, harassed and violated. The union has declared that it will not play a role in their special accommodation.”

http://fortune.com/2018/08/04/unite-the-right-rally-unions/

jason kessler is having a hard time organizing his shindig 

dc is going to be way more prepared to deal with this than charlottesville was.

[Randyandyuni 2,682]

Affirmative action at work find me another Union that claims more than 80% membership of POC in a nation that is about 65% not POC, my relatives in the Boston Police and Fire department were terminated in the mid 70s because of excessive representation by people of Irish descent, to be rehired they had to await the hiring of an African American and Hispanic candidate per fully trained and qualified veteran candidate

[Keith & Arileidi 437]

14 hours ago, Randyandyuni said:

Affirmative action at work find me another Union that claims more than 80% membership of POC in a nation that is about 65% not POC, my relatives in the Boston Police and Fire department were terminated in the mid 70s because of excessive representation by people of Irish descent, to be rehired they had to await the hiring of an African American and Hispanic candidate per fully trained and qualified veteran candidate

Except, the right to unite is a dangerous hate group. Known for inciting deadly riots. 

 

That is enough to legally deny service. 

Edited August 7, 2018 by Keith & Arileidi

[smilesammich 10,727]

i have absolutely no idea what affirmative action has to do with anything.

[Keith & Arileidi 437]

27 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

i have absolutely no idea what affirmative action has to do with anything.

I think he's talking about getting the union members fired in favor of reverse affirmative action. 

[smilesammich 10,727]

1 minute ago, Keith & Arileidi said:

I think he's talking about getting the union members fired in favor of reverse affirmative action. 

i get that but, what does affirmative action have to do with the union members refusing to help kkk affiliated groups ride metro to their little rally? 

[Keith & Arileidi 437]

6 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

i get that but, what does affirmative action have to do with the union members refusing to help kkk affiliated groups ride metro to their little rally? 

Absolutely nothing. Lol 

 

 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

I wonder if they are going to refuse Antifa also 

[Randyandyuni 2,682]

Actually, not looking to get anyone fired, I was expressing my surprise a union was so out of proportion to population norms, although perhaps for that area it is the normal population distribution.

 

As far the information regarding Boston in the 70's that was an observation based  on my personal (actually familial) experiences. I actually thought it wrong then and would still consider it still wrong today.

[smilesammich 10,727]

2 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

I wonder if they are going to refuse Antifa also 

why in the world would they do that?

[smilesammich 10,727]

Just now, Randyandyuni said:

Actually, not looking to get anyone fired, I was expressing my surprise a union was so out of proportion to population norms, although perhaps for that area it is the normal population distribution.

 

As far the information regarding Boston in the 70's that was an observation based  on my personal (actually familial) experiences. I actually thought it wrong then and would still consider it still wrong today.

this is dc. not out of proportion.

[Randyandyuni 2,682]

3 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

I wonder if they are going to refuse Antifa also 

you mean the peaceful defenders of all that's good in our country?

 

[Randyandyuni 2,682]

2 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

this is dc. not out of proportion. 

ok, so you are in favor of quotas?

Edited August 7, 2018 by Randyandyuni

[smilesammich 10,727]

5 minutes ago, Randyandyuni said:

ok, so you are in favor of quotas?

if you want to start a thread about affirmative action, go for it.

[Randyandyuni 2,682]

5 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

if you want to start a thread about affirmative action, go for it.

You don't want me to comment fine, to me my responses were germane, In the future I will post an inane meme or biased political cartoon here, that seems to be an acceptable response among many here