"I would rather sit with the rural poor, the desperate children of urban blight, the victims of racism, and working people seeking a better life than with those whose religion is the status quo, whose goal is profit and whose hearts are cold."
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Resignation letter from National Committee of Labor-Management Group, July 17, 1978; Published in: North Country Anvil, Nr. 28, (1978) p. 22
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Douglas Fraser
Douglas Andrew Fraser (December 18, 1916 – February 23, 2008) was an American union leader. He was president of the from 1977 to 1983, and an adjunct professor of labor relations at Wayne State University for many years.
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