Martin Luther King Jr.
Across the country, hundreds of thousands declare, “We are One”
April 5, 2011In over a thousand U.S. cities, unionists, civil rights and community activists gathered April 4, honoring the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated 43 years earlier.
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After loan victory, students and labor keep up fight
March 31, 2010Nationwide students are on the move this week leading rallies, marches and educational forums highlighting student-worker solidarity, the fight for jobs, worker rights and increased access to higher education during the 11th annual National Student Labor...
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In 2010, ‘What would Dr. King do?’
January 20, 2010King's message in 2010 was the theme as a standing-room-only crowd braved a squalling rainstorm Jan. 18 to pack the International Longshore and Warehouse Union's great hall.
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Honor Dr. King and boycott Bissell products, workers say
January 18, 2010JOLIET, Ill. - As a way to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., religious and labor leaders here announced a boycott of Bissell products after 70 workers were fired last year.
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Eight days in May: Birmingham and the struggle for civil rights
May 22, 2003The eight days between May 2 and May 10, 1963, when thousands of school children in Birmingham, Ala., defied the fire hoses and police dogs of Eugene “Bull” Connor, marked a turning point in the civil...
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