MLK: An Inspiration for Today’s Battles

[Omaha Steve]

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January 14th, 2011

Public sector workers are fighting the fight of their lives amid an unprecedented right-wing attack against their livelihoods. The American public is being fed a steady diet of lies about public employee pensions, the workers’ allegedly outrageous compensation, and how all this has supposedly led states to the brink of bankruptcy.

In these testing times, we can find inspiration in the struggles of those who waged battles against even more daunting odds – yet managed to win respect and dignity. There are few individuals in recent history who embody this better than Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk1VANxSNyg&feature=player_embedded

As we prepare to commemorate his birthday, let’s remember Dr. King’s pivotal role in 1968 in support of African American sanitation workers on strike for better working conditions and recognition of their AFSCME union.


AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Lee A. Saunders at the construction site of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Our union has contributed more than $1 million towards the memorial to honor Dr. King’s legacy. (Photo Credit: Rick Reinhard)


FULL story and video at link.