Today in 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr., leads a march of striking sanitation workers, members of AFSCME Local 1733, in Memphis, Tenn. Violence during the march persuades him to return the following week to Memphis, where he was assassinated. ~ Labor Tribune
Jan. 15, 2018 | LABORHISTORY | The night before Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., he delivered this powerful speech to striking city sanitation workers:
General Membership Meetings: Baltimore - Apr. 7 @ 10 a.m. Salisbury - Apr. 21 @10 a.m. Please be present and on time. And bring a coworker!