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Category: Sanitation Workers

Posted inRacism

Exactly what does #IAmMemphis mean if we’re not a united city?

by Melonee Gaines February 25, 2018February 8, 2021
Posted inEconomic Justice

The New Poor People’s Campaign is alive and well—and thriving in Memphis

by Kevin McKenzie and Wendi C. Thomas February 13, 2018March 15, 2023
Posted inLiving Wage, Martin Luther King, Sanitation Workers, Workers

Workers join historic Clayborn Temple-City Hall route to demand fair pay, unions

by Micaela Watts February 12, 2018June 2, 2022
Posted inRacism

Too little has changed since 1968, union officials say at memorial

by Wendi C. Thomas February 1, 2018March 15, 2023
Posted inEconomic Justice, Living Wage, Sanitation Workers, Workers

Fast-food workers across Mid-South to strike on anniversary of ’68 strike

by Wendi C. Thomas February 1, 2018June 2, 2022
Posted inMartin Luther King

Memphis had another shameful tragedy in 1968. It could have been avoided

by Wendi C. Thomas February 1, 2018October 26, 2020
Posted inMartin Luther King

When the site of 1968 sanitation accident earned a spot in history

by Wendi C. Thomas January 31, 2018June 2, 2022
Posted inSanitation Workers, Unions

Trashed: Inside the deadly world of private garbage collection

by Kiera Feldman January 5, 2018October 5, 2020
Posted inEconomic Justice, Martin Luther King, Sanitation Workers

Reparations well-intentioned, but insufficient for the debt owed

by Wendi C. Thomas July 7, 2017October 5, 2020

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