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Romney and Ryan and Respect for Workers

Lee A. Saunders | Posted 12.16.2012 | Politics
Read More: Workers, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Westgate Resorts, David Siegel, Labor Unions, 47 Percent, Public Service, Labor, Koch Brothers, 2012 Election, Geraldo Rivera, I Am a Man, Sanitation Workers, Bill O'Reilly, Mitt Romney 47 Percent, Afscme, AFSCME Union, Workers Rights, Fox News, Paul Ryan, Memphis Sanitation Strike, Politics News
Lee A. Saunders

Fox executives think stripping workers of their livelihoods is a creative and entertaining idea. In reality it is another sign that workers need their voices heard in the struggle to maintain their dignity.

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Eerie Echoes of a Long-ago Battle

William Lucy | Posted 06.08.2011 | Politics
Read More: Martin Luther King Jr., Wisconsin Unions, Public Unions, Unions, Memphis Sanitation Strike, AFSCME Union, Mlk, MLK Assassination, Politics News
William Lucy

I was with Dr. King during his time in Memphis. Today the struggle of union members in Wisconsin and elsewhere stirs my memories of that time.

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Dr. King and the Living Wage Movement Today

Rev. Al Sharpton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Living Wage, Social Justice, Martin Luther King Day, Income Inequality, Memphis-Sanitation-Strike, Martin Luther King Assassination, Politics News
Rev. Al Sharpton

King went to Memphis, the city of his assassination, to preach that no job holder should live in poverty. Before the bullet struck him, he had joined striking sanitation workers to march for living wage jobs and a union contract.

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Visiting the Memphis Kings: Elvis and Dr. Martin Luther King

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Read More: Graceland, ?€ Sun Studio, Carl Perkins, Home of the Blues, Movement to Overcome, Memphis Sanitation Strike, Isaac Hayes, Edison Pena, Otis Redding, Dr. Martin Luther King, Birthplace of Rock N? Roll, Rendezvous, Fried Peanut Butter and Bananas Sandwich, Jr., Rosa Parks, Jerry Lee Lewis, Montgomery Bus Boycott, National Civil Rights Museum, B.B. King, Peabody Hotel Duck Parade, River Inn Harbour Town, Shure 55 Microphone, Arcade, Johnny Cash, Lorraine Motel, Beale Street, Smithsonian Rock ?€˜N Soul Museum, Elvis Presley, Memphis, Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau, Al Green, Lunch-Counter Sit Ins, Michael Pavlosky, Chilean Miners, Duckmaster, Travel News
Margie Goldsmith

Photo by Eric Lindberg Edison Pena, one of the rescued Chilean miners and a huge Elvis fan, is getting his wish: Graceland and the Memphis Conventio...

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