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Republic Services sanitation workers stand outside the South Shelby Landfill holding strike signs

Sanitation Workers

Once again, the sanitation workers’ strike in Memphis is part of a movement

by Justin J. Pearson April 19, 2023November 30, 2023

The 2023 sanitation workers’ strike is a reminder that the fight for economic justice is far from over. The gap between the rich and the rest of us continues to widen, and about 140 million of us struggle to make ends meet. We need to continue to fight for economic justice, not just for sanitation […]

Memphians reflect on workers’ justice this Labor Day

by Brittany Brown August 26, 2022November 30, 2023

Sanitation Workers

On Feb. 1, 1968, two Memphis sanitation workers were crushed in a city garbage truck

by Wendi C. Thomas January 31, 2020February 1, 2022

Economic Justice, Sanitation Workers, Workers

The Workers

by Andrea Morales February 12, 2019December 8, 2023

Black Lives Matter, Martin Luther King, Poverty, Sanitation Workers

From MLK50 archives: Memphis had another shameful, tragedy in 1968

by Wendi C. Thomas February 1, 2019October 5, 2020

Economic Justice, Sanitation Workers, Unions, Workers

Worked ‘like dogs’, Ozell Ueal says sanitation workers risked it all

by Wendi C. Thomas March 31, 2018December 8, 2023

Martin Luther King, Racial Justice, Racism, Sanitation Workers

The politics of truth-telling: Rye’s call to chaos or community

by Rev. Earle J. Fisher March 2, 2018December 8, 2023

Mayor Strickland goes on defense of public critique from ‘outsider’ Angela Rye

by Melonee Gaines February 27, 2018November 1, 2021

Martin Luther King, Racial Justice, Racism

Transcript: Angela Rye tells Memphis, ‘Don’t just stay woke, work woke’

by MLK50 Memphis February 25, 2018December 8, 2023

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

by Melonee Gaines February 25, 2018November 8, 2023