From the K-P-F-K Studios in Southern California,

it's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

Stand up, stand up.

You've been sitting great to jump. Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. This is Steve Scrovan along with David Feldman and of course the man of the hour Ralph Nader.

We have a great show for you today. In the second half of the show

we're going to be talking to Phil Matera from Good Jobs First who's going to tell us about

the new web tool they have just launched to track tax breaks and giveaways the government is granted

corporations but first David tell our listeners about our first guest.

Bill Fletcher Jr. is a labor activist he has worked for several labor unions in addition to serving as a senior

staff person in the national AFL CIO. Mr Fletcher is the former president of

Trans Africa Forum a senior scholar with the Institute of Policy Studies,

an editorial board member of Black Commentator.com,

and is the author of several books including they're bankrupting us and 20 other

myths about unions welcome Bill Fletcher Jr.

Very glad to be on the program.

Thank you for coming on the program, Bill Fletcher is known as a person who speaks his mind.

Ever since I've known him, he has been very active in the labor movement and the civil rights movement and the think tank

movement and his books are really fascinating and the one that really comes head on is the one that David was talking about.

They're bankrupting us in quotes.

That's the charge made against unions and the rest of the book title is

20 other myths about unions.

Bill, I want to talk to you very candidly about the state of black politics

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