To the Point

Labor Day and the Democratic Party

With the Democratic Convention underway tomorrow, we discuss the Party's unsettled relations with organized labor and about the issue of race in America.

By Warren Olney • Sep 3, 2012 • 51m Listen

This week, To the Point is in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the Democratic National Convention gets underway tomorrow. We discuss the Party's unsettled relations with organized labor and about the issue of race since the election of America's first black president. Also, a new poll finds that the Republican convention changed few minds.

Banner image: A man carries a sign reading "Bring Jobs Home" as he marches in the Charlotte Labor Day Parade ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina September 3, 2012. Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Evan George
Director of Content, News
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KCRW
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Labor Day and the Democratic Party

With the Democratic Convention underway tomorrow, we discuss the Party's unsettled relations with organized labor and about the issue of race in America.

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To the Point

Labor Day and the Democratic Party

With the Democratic Convention underway tomorrow, we discuss the Party's unsettled relations with organized labor and about the issue of race in America.

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