Arkansas` Democratic Delegates May Honor Boston Police Strike
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The leader of Arkansas` Democratic Party
plans to ask state Democratic National Convention delegates to
honor picket lines if Boston police move forward with strike plans.
Arkansas Democratic Party chairman Ron Oliver says he would ask
Arkansas` 47 delegates not to cross picket lines at next week`s
convention if a dispute between the city and the police union is
unresolved before convention kickoff parties begin Sunday night.
Oliver says labor is an important element of the Democratic
Party and delegates need to be sensitive to the concerns of any
picketers.
At least eight members of Arkansas` delegation already have said
they would not cross picket lines in support of the Boston Police
Patrolmen`s Association, which has been without a contract for two
years.
