Fifty years ago, Black sanitation workers in Memphis started a historic strike, marching with Martin Luther King to demand higher pay and fighting for a strong union.
Monday February 12th, fast-food cooks and cashiers like are fighting for the same thing. All across the South, worker's are walking off the job to demand $15 and union rights. Here in Boston we are holding a press conference in solidarity with striking worker's in Memphis.
We’re also stepping up our fight for a union with our biggest wave of protests yet: This spring, we are joining forces with tens of thousands of poor and disenfranchised people across the country in six weeks of direct action and nonviolent civil disobedience as part of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.
Both of our movements are fighting for more people to be able to join a union, so we can un-rig America’s broken politics and lift people of all races out of poverty.
This press conference comes one week after dozens of states mobilized workers, faith leaders, and community members announcing the resurgence of the 1968 Poor People's Campaign.
Join the Massachusetts Poor People's Campaign and Fight for $15 as we announce our unity!
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