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Saturday, March 25, 2017

Black Lives Matter groups joining forces with wage activists

A cluster of Black Lives Matter groups and the organization leading the push for a $15-an-hour wage are joining forces to combine the struggle for racial justice with the fight for economic equality, just as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. tried to do in the last year of his life.

They are launching their first national joint action on April 4, the 49th anniversary of King's assassination, with "Fight Racism, Raise Pay" protests in two dozen cities, including Atlanta; Milwaukee; Memphis, Tennessee; Chicago; Boston; Denver; and Las Vegas.

King was gunned down in 1968 while on a visit to Memphis to support striking black sanitation workers.

"When MLK was assassinated, he was talking to workers who were dealing with union-busting, unfair wages," said Kendall Fells, organizing director for the Fight for $15. "The bottom line is that every day, workers of color across the country face deep-seated racism that would seem to be out of Dr. King's era, but sadly it's still happening today."

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nothing to do with race, do they think the achievers with skin other than white had it handed to them. If so, "axe" good people like Allen West, David Clarke, Dr. Carson, etc., etc.
Some low wage earners are not worth what they make now. Nothing to do with skin color or racism, whatever the hell that means.

Anonymous said...

If you don't make as much as you'd like, get more education and experience. If the well paying jobs you want aren't where you live, live where they are.

Anonymous said...

BLM...GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!

you are nothing more than a terrorist group

Anonymous said...

Good Luck there smart folks....Remember to speak clearly the next time the Kiosk asks you if you want fries with that Mack-Donalds cheeseburger.

Can't fix Stupid!

Zorro said...

hand out job applications.....BLM will run the other way.....