Many thanks and kudos to Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) for calling the Indiana Democratic Caucus today to encourage lawmakers to stay strong and firm in their efforts to stop the state’s Republican leadership from doing an end-run around the democratic process.
Davon Lomax, a member of the Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 9 in New York, hasn’t worked for more than a year. One of his colleagues lost his home and ended up panhandling in the subways.
On Aug. 26, two days before the official dedication of the historic Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C., the AFL-CIO and The King Center will host a national symposium to explore how far we have come in fulfilling King’s dream of a nation of economic equality and justice for all people.
The nation is “facing a frontal assault on the American way of life, and the prime target is the hard-working American family,” write AFSCME President Gerald McEntee and Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) in a column in the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Their column marking the 43rd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.
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