LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Harold Phillips | Published on 2/28/2026
One Hundred Years of Black Workers Telling the Truth:
“The federal government responded with tactics of targeted censorship—surveillance, harassment and threats of prosecution—and branded a small Black labor magazine ‘the most dangerous’ publication in the country simply for encouraging Black workers to organize. More than a century later, two highly respected Black journalists—Don Lemon and Georgia Fort—are handcuffed and indicted for filming a protest inside a church. The tools have changed, but the oppressive government playbook has not.”
Fred Redmond, Secretary Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, in his Black Press USA op-ed.