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'All Labor Has Dignity': Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Fight for Economic Justice

http://www.theatlantic.com/cul...nomic-justice/71423/

" While researching at the Martin Luther King Center in Atlanta in 1992, Washington University professor Michael Honey found an inconspicuous folder marked "King's Labor Speeches." He opened it, and found a trove of King's addresses to labor unions and workers' rights coalitions—most of which had never been published.

This discovery led to "All Labor Has Dignity": King's Speeches on Labor, a collection edited by Honey and released in January by Beacon Press as part of their "King Legacy" series. The book shows an eerily prescient Dr. King, a clear-eyed visionary who speaks prophetically about the host of issues facing our nation today. In the eloquent, mythic language for which he is famous, King lambastes economic forces growing the gap between rich and poor, the massive tax resources used for war spending while domestic programs languished, and the knee-jerk demonizing of progressive social reform as "communist." He even criticizes the conservative senators—he calls them "Neanderthals"—who abused their filibuster privilege to block meaningful legislative change."

when Martin Luther King was killed he was speaking for labor rights.

Think about that when you hear about the people of Wisconsin.

a visionary and great great man in so so many ways.

"The civil rights movement was not just about civil rights—it was about human rights, and that means labor rights."



" King spoke these words in Memphis on March 18, 1968, in the midst of a strike of 1,200 black sanitation workers that had lasted over a month. After rousing them to a fever pitch, King called for a general strike by all workers to shut the city down on behalf of the sanitation workers."

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'All Labor Has Dignity': Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Fight for Economic Justice

http://www.theatlantic.com/cul...nomic-justice/71423/

" While researching at the Martin Luther King Center in Atlanta in 1992, Washington University professor Michael Honey found an inconspicuous folder marked "King's Labor Speeches." He opened it, and found a trove of King's addresses to labor unions and workers' rights coalitions—most of which had never been published.

This discovery led to "All Labor Has Dignity": King's Speeches on Labor, a collection edited by Honey and released in January by Beacon Press as part of their "King Legacy" series. The book shows an eerily prescient Dr. King, a clear-eyed visionary who speaks prophetically about the host of issues facing our nation today. In the eloquent, mythic language for which he is famous, King lambastes economic forces growing the gap between rich and poor, the massive tax resources used for war spending while domestic programs languished, and the knee-jerk demonizing of progressive social reform as "communist." He even criticizes the conservative senators—he calls them "Neanderthals"—who abused their filibuster privilege to block meaningful legislative change."

when Martin Luther King was killed he was speaking for labor rights.

Think about that when you hear about the people of Wisconsin.

a visionary and great great man in so so many ways.

"The civil rights movement was not just about civil rights—it was about human rights, and that means labor rights."



" King spoke these words in Memphis on March 18, 1968, in the midst of a strike of 1,200 black sanitation workers that had lasted over a month. After rousing them to a fever pitch, King called for a general strike by all workers to shut the city down on behalf of the sanitation workers."

[RSS-Martin]

It seems that has come a bit out of focus now-a-days, and the focus is on company profits and shareholder value.

[M_Gunz]

And subverting civil rights for all into a race issue.

[iroseland01]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by RSS-Martin:
It seems that has come a bit out of focus now-a-days, and the focus is on company profits and shareholder value. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The 19th century ended a long time ago. These days screwing around with and employee can turn costly very fast. A managers job is in fact always to make a profit. Profit is the _only_ reason to go into business. Shareholders are essentially part owners in the business. If profit is not being made then why invest?

I am from Wisconsin. What the folks there don't want anyone to know is that this is not a battle between labor and the owners. The owners, are in fact the citizens of the state. Citizens that have grown tired of seeing their money drained from them to accomplish nothing. They have grown tired of picking up the newspaper to find yet another state employee has taken the state for a multi-million dollar joy ride. Or that the state will be providing fat breaks and kickbacks for a company to simply move its production out of state. Or worse yet, to find out that the few company's that are earning an honest profit are being bought out and shut down, or run into the ground. No, what the news does not want you to know or understand is that this is a fight between the looters and the moochers over the last thin slice of pie left in the state.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/7GK_fRM8SO0

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by iroseland01:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by RSS-Martin:
It seems that has come a bit out of focus now-a-days, and the focus is on company profits and shareholder value. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The 19th century ended a long time ago. These days screwing around with and employee can turn costly very fast. A managers job is in fact always to make a profit. Profit is the _only_ reason to go into business. Shareholders are essentially part owners in the business. If profit is not being made then why invest?

I am from Wisconsin. What the folks there don't want anyone to know is that this is not a battle between labor and the owners. The owners, are in fact the citizens of the state. Citizens that have grown tired of seeing their money drained from them to accomplish nothing. They have grown tired of picking up the newspaper to find yet another state employee has taken the state for a multi-million dollar joy ride. Or that the state will be providing fat breaks and kickbacks for a company to simply move its production out of state. Or worse yet, to find out that the few company's that are earning an honest profit are being bought out and shut down, or run into the ground. No, what the news does not want you to know or understand is that this is a fight between the looters and the moochers over the last thin slice of pie left in the state.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/7GK_fRM8SO0 </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

If your from that state I am ashamed for you posting this. Always one on the bunch. what a load of crap. The unions completely have given in to what walker asked for EXCEPT collective bargaining rights but that isn't good enough for your friend Scott.

FYI teachers and union people WORK for a living. They aren't MOOCHERS. They earn every dollar that they make.

Unlike the bank speculators that created this economic mess.

Now the Republican's and them have engineered this bit of class warfare to hide that fact. Do you see any of these people suffering? Any asked to pay their "fair share" Look how obama had to agree to the millionaire tax decreases!

Did you see Scott gave a nice big 130 million tax decrease to the very top of the ladder there?

Guess you missed that one...

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New York Times, A.G. Sulzberger Draw Criticism For Their Coverage Of Wisconsin Protests

Everyone here you have to read this one !

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...verage_n_830397.html

[Messaschnitzel]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by iroseland01:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by RSS-Martin:
It seems that has come a bit out of focus now-a-days, and the focus is on company profits and shareholder value. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The 19th century ended a long time ago. These days screwing around with and employee can turn costly very fast. A managers job is in fact always to make a profit. Profit is the _only_ reason to go into business. Shareholders are essentially part owners in the business. If profit is not being made then why invest?

I am from Wisconsin. What the folks there don't want anyone to know is that this is not a battle between labor and the owners. The owners, are in fact the citizens of the state. Citizens that have grown tired of seeing their money drained from them to accomplish nothing. They have grown tired of picking up the newspaper to find yet another state employee has taken the state for a multi-million dollar joy ride. Or that the state will be providing fat breaks and kickbacks for a company to simply move its production out of state. Or worse yet, to find out that the few company's that are earning an honest profit are being bought out and shut down, or run into the ground. No, what the news does not want you to know or understand is that this is a fight between the looters and the moochers over the last thin slice of pie left in the state.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/7GK_fRM8SO0 </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

+1

And it's not just Wisconsin that's in the hole, it's most other states as well. As you said, folks tend to forget that the fight is between the state workers and the state managment, and the taxpayers get to pay for the salaries and benefits of both. (This also applies to the Federal Government.)

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Messaschnitzel:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by iroseland01:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by RSS-Martin:
It seems that has come a bit out of focus now-a-days, and the focus is on company profits and shareholder value. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The 19th century ended a long time ago. These days screwing around with and employee can turn costly very fast. A managers job is in fact always to make a profit. Profit is the _only_ reason to go into business. Shareholders are essentially part owners in the business. If profit is not being made then why invest?

I am from Wisconsin. What the folks there don't want anyone to know is that this is not a battle between labor and the owners. The owners, are in fact the citizens of the state. Citizens that have grown tired of seeing their money drained from them to accomplish nothing. They have grown tired of picking up the newspaper to find yet another state employee has taken the state for a multi-million dollar joy ride. Or that the state will be providing fat breaks and kickbacks for a company to simply move its production out of state. Or worse yet, to find out that the few company's that are earning an honest profit are being bought out and shut down, or run into the ground. No, what the news does not want you to know or understand is that this is a fight between the looters and the moochers over the last thin slice of pie left in the state.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/7GK_fRM8SO0 </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

+1

And it's not just Wisconsin that's in the hole, it's most other states as well. As you said, folks tend to forget that the fight is between the state workers and the state managment, and the taxpayers get to pay for the salaries and benefits of both. (This also applies to the Federal Government.) </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

So you believe these state workers should work for nothing for these state and get no benefits whatsoever in other words? Interesting.

You had better look into what the REAL average worker benefits are in these states.

MILLION DOLLAR JOY RIDES ! lmao ! 99.9 % of the time these are POLITICAL APPOINTEES and even they don't make that much money !



FYI the unions have given into ALL of Scott Walkers demands EXCEPT ONE. Look that one up.

Texas is one of the WORST Economies in the nation and owes some of the biggest amounts of money in this fiscal mess and they don't have any public sector union rights whatsoever.

Go figure.

I knew someone would have to pay for this mess the wall street banks and stock speculators created and haven't yet atoned for.

Fortunately they always find some way to put one part of middle class against the other and take more from the poor.

[Jagdgeschwader2]

Texas is one of the top economies in the nation. We are a tech driven economy. We are not in the hole like the other states and only cutting back on a few services this year to pay our bills for the largest state in the union. We don't need no stinking bailout. If you want a tech job then come to Texas.


http://www.slate.com/id/2250999/

http://www.star-telegram.com/2...rate-expansions.html