This weekend the focus is on economic issues important to the black community for some of the Democratic presidential candidates.

A forum in Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday, June 15, is attracting Sens. Cory Booker of New York and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts as well as Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, and a former Texas congressman, Beto O’Rourke.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, speaks during the African American Leadership Council Summit, Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, speaks during the African American Leadership Council Summit, on June 6, 2019, in Atlanta. (John Amis/AP Photo)

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.

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Wareen takes the stage for her Elkhart Community Conversation event on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at the RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum in Elkhart, Ind. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP)
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren takes the stage for her Elkhart Community Conversation event on June 5, 2019, at the RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum in Elkhart, Ind. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP)
Former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke tours monuments to slave and civil rights leaders before a town hall meeting with members of the Gullah/Geechee Nation Friday, June 14, 2019 in Beaufort, S.C. In South Carolina on Friday, the Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas congressman met with leaders of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, a culture of slave descendants along the Southeast coast. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
Former Texas Rep.Beto O’Rourke tours monuments to slave and civil rights leaders before a town hall meeting with members of the Gullah/Geechee Nation on June 14, 2019 in Beaufort, S.C.  (Meg Kinnard/AP Photo)

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