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Radicalized through student activism and the civil rights movement, Raynor began his work in the labor movement in 1973 in the education department of the former
Textile Workers Union of America. He was involved in a multi-year campaign to organize the Southern textile company J.P. Stevens, which was
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Workers United and its parent union, SEIU. In April 2011, Raynor resigned as chairman of Amalgamated Bank, though he remained on the bank's board
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