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Richard O'Connor is a classically trained artist/painter and a blues musician. He is a polio survivor,has been a disability rights advocate and social justice advocate for over 30 years, and lives in western Massachusetts.

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(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 21, 2009
Why Unions Have Failed, and Obama Should Let Them This essay relates my personal experiences in two unions:: Communications Workers of America and The International Brother hood of Electrical Workers. I discuss my experiences within the context of two historically Black Unions: the Pullman Porter Union and the Boston Society of Vulcans, and how workers unions have failed to include/represent minorities, women and the disabled..

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