CBTU
With labor under siege, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists to hold critical convention
May 19, 2025CBTU members are strategizing on how best to continue their historic role as a bridge between the labor and civil rights movements.
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St. Louis says farewell to Jim Wilkerson, Black labor leader and CBTU founder
November 8, 2024Wilkerson was part of a larger nationwide movement against racism and for equality within largely white skilled trades.
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Labor and civil rights icon, Bill Lucy, dies at 90
September 30, 2024He helped assemble and lead the famous “I Am a Man” unionization drive in Memphis in 1968.
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Black labor leaders say united front needed in November to save democracy
May 30, 2024Coalition of Black Trade Unionists convention puts the fight for democracy front and center.
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Coalition of Black Trade Unionists demands ceasefire, calls for Palestinian state
May 28, 2024CBTU’s Canadian section leads the fight for resolution.
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