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Source: RawStory
DC subway workers union refusing to staff special cars designated for white nationalists attending Unite the Right anniversary rally
BOB BRIGHAM
04 AUG 2018 AT 13:02 ET
The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, the largest union for Washington, DC’s public transit system, is refusing to go along with a plan to have separate trains for participants of a controversial “Unite the Right” rally planned for August 12.
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Transit workers were revolted by the proposal.
“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,” ATU Local 698 said in a statement.
“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 statement continued. “The union has declared that it will not play a role in their special accommodation.”T
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/dc-subway-workers-union-refusing-staff-special-cars-designated-white-nationalists-attending-unite-right-anniversary-rally/
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