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7. as early as 1961 - Martin Luther King Jr.quoted (from somewhere) on “right to work”

Sun Mar 31, 2013, 02:09 PM

Mar 2013

“In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as ‘right to work.’ It is a law to rob us of our civil rights and job rights.

Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining by which unions have improved wages and working conditions of everyone…Wherever these laws have been passed, wages are lower, job opportunities are fewer and there are no civil rights. We do not intend to let them do this to us. We demand this fraud be stopped. Our weapon is our vote.”

—Martin Luther King, speaking about right-to-work laws in 1961

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This morning in 1968 Martin Luther King gave the final Sunday sermon of his life [View all] bigtree Mar 2013 OP

Never forget Faygo Kid Mar 2013 #1

such an all-encompassing sermon bigtree Mar 2013 #2

Now I'm crying. Why do they always kill the best? McCamy Taylor Mar 2013 #3

I don't know. We can only go on. Faygo Kid Mar 2013 #4

Because the best are a REAL threat to their hate filled lives. But what they fail to realize is that jwirr Mar 2013 #5

Because they are dangerous... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2013 #9

I was in training to be a baseball ump that evening Faygo Kid Mar 2013 #11

And a great organized labor leader Omaha Steve Mar 2013 #6

as early as 1961 - Martin Luther King Jr.quoted (from somewhere) on “right to work” bigtree Mar 2013 #7

and our weapon,... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2013 #10

He was becoming more critical of "the system" in the last months of his life... YoungDemCA Mar 2013 #8

Thanks for posting shenmue Mar 2013 #12

. bigtree Mar 2013 #13