RE: FINAL: Longshoremen endorsement/organizing event tomorrow

I don’t agree with the equation of civil rights and unions right to organize. I understand we all have different views on this, so I suppose this issue should be left to HRC to decide. I don’t see the equivalence of the decades long fights for people to obtain equal treatment and justice after being discriminated against in multiple aspects of their lives. I was on strike for five months and we had to not only win at the bargaining table but take on the union busting tactics of a company that was hiring permanent replacement workers, even though it was against the law. I never felt my civil rights were being violated. And our unions were striking to protect contracts that including some of the worst featherbedding provisions of any industry at the time, because it was a stand against union busting. Politically, I don’t believe that the vast majority of Americans see the equivalence either. I'm with Podesta on this one!! Especially right now with workers' right to organize under such severe attack - we should be calling it a civil right as a way of making the urgency and seriousness clear and compelling. On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 2:12 PM, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com<mailto:john.podesta@gmail.com>> wrote: By the way, I think the right to organize is a civil right and so did FDR. On Saturday, October 31, 2015, Nikki Budzinski <nbudzinski@hillaryclinton.com<mailto:nbudzinski@hillaryclinton.com>> wrote: Apologies, next time I'll be more careful to run by any language like this... Sent from my iPhone On Oct 31, 2015, at 9:05 AM, Connolly Keigher <ckeigher@hillaryclinton.com<mailto:ckeigher@hillaryclinton.com>> wrote: Done. Huma, I have the for delivery version for her speechbox. On Oct 31, 2015, at 10:05 AM, Huma Abedin <ha16@hillaryclinton.com<mailto:ha16@hillaryclinton.com>> wrote: The line is weird. We can cross off version we have in car. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 31, 2015, at 9:53 AM, Dan Schwerin <dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com<mailto:dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com>> wrote: We're on our way to event now. Tough to change unless really urgent. I'd say there's a relatively low chance of her sticking to these remarks anyway. But let me know and I'll try to intercept if needed. On Oct 31, 2015, at 9:51 AM, Maya Harris <mharris@hillaryclinton.com<mailto:mharris@hillaryclinton.com>> wrote: Megan, has event already happened? On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Joel Benenson <jbenenson@bsgco.com<mailto:jbenenson@bsgco.com>> wrote: Am I the only one who that strikes as odd? I think people equate civil rights with the civil rights movement and I’m just a little worried that using that for the right to organize may strike some people as an overreach or equating the struggle of unions with the struggle for justice for African Americans. Maybe I’m overthinking this but it just hit me as a bit off this morning. No she hasn't. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 31, 2015, at 8:38 AM, Joel Benenson <jbenenson@bsgco.com<mailto:jbenenson@bsgco.com>> wrote: Sorry I know this is a final. Has she said before that “the right to organize is a civil right?” This is final. Regular and large versions attached. Thanks. On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Megan Rooney <mrooney@hillaryclinton.com<mailto:mrooney@hillaryclinton.com>> wrote: This is ready for the book. Thanks. On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:47 PM, Megan Rooney <mrooney@hillaryclinton.com<mailto:mrooney@hillaryclinton.com>> wrote: Hi all -- here's a draft for tomorrow in Charleston. This is kind of a hybrid event -- it's got a labor angle, but there will be a bigger audience there, and SC would like her to talk more broadly about the campaign. So this starts with a strong labor message at the start. Then it goes into the stump. There's a bit in there about Charleston and guns. Otherwise, a lot of this should look familiar to all of you. Perhaps more importantly, it tracks with what she's been saying recently so it'll look familiar to her. I've got to get this to the book soon so please send me edits as soon as you can. Many thanks. -- Ann O'Leary Senior Policy Advisor Hillary for America Cell: 510-717-5518