Capital Research Center: Republicans and Big Labor - Two Minds of Tricky Dick
July 02, 2025
July 02, 2025
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary:
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Republicans and Big Labor: The Two Minds of Tricky Dick
By Michael Watson
In 1960, Robert Kennedy's brother John F. Kennedy was elected president, bringing labor's liberal wing into the White House, as UAW leader Walter Reuther was an ally of the Kennedys. When Republicans nominated firebrand conservative Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) for preside . . .
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Republicans and Big Labor: The Two Minds of Tricky Dick
By Michael Watson
In 1960, Robert Kennedy's brother John F. Kennedy was elected president, bringing labor's liberal wing into the White House, as UAW leader Walter Reuther was an ally of the Kennedys. When Republicans nominated firebrand conservative Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) for preside . . .