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Campaign
focus on
economic
issues
vital to
black
community
By
MEG
KINNARD
APNews.com
CHARLESTON,
S.C. -
It’s a
campaign
focus
this
weekend
on
economic
issues
important
to the
black
community
for some
of the
Democratic
presidential
candidates.
A
forum in
Charleston,
South
Carolina,
on
Saturday
is
attracting
Sens.
Cory
Booker
of New
York and
Elizabeth
Warren
of
Massachusetts
as well
as Mayor
Pete
Buttigieg
(BOO’-tuh-juhj)
of South
Bend,
Indiana,
and a
former
Texas
congressman,
Beto
(BET’-oh)
O’Rourke.
The
Black
Economic
Alliance
says the
discussion
will
center
on
expanding
economic
opportunity
for
black
Americans.
Booker,
Buttigieg
and
O’Rourke
also
plan to
meet
with
striking
McDonald’s
workers
in the
Charleston
area who
want the
company
to allow
its
employees
to
organize.
A
$15
national
minimum
wage has
become a
popular
Democratic
campaign
promise,
but the
party
itself
is split
over
putting
it in
place.
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