{"id":2592,"date":"2018-02-20T20:37:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T20:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2018-02-26T20:51:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T20:51:47","slug":"working-peoples-day-of-action-is-feb-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/?p=2592","title":{"rendered":"Working People\u2019s Day of Action is Feb. 24"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, Feb. 24, workers will gather from coast to coast for a Working People\u2019s Day of Action to demand an end to the rigged economic system. They will to stand together to fight for social and economic justice including the right to fair bargaining and union representation!<\/p>\n

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The Day of Action, organized by AFSCME<\/a> and Jobs with Justice<\/a>, comes at a crucial time in labor movement history. It is part of the commemoration for the 50th<\/span><\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the historic Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike. The strike was sparked by the tragic deaths of Echol Cole and Robert Walker on Feb. 1, who were sheltering from a storm inside their truck when it malfunctioned, and crushed them. On February 12, 1968 the black sanitation workers went on strike to demand that their dignity, their humanity and their union be recognized.<\/p>\n

Today, workers are still fighting for the same issues. Too many people are killed or injured on the job. The right of workers to come together and have a voice in their workplace is being fought by groups like the National Right to Work Committee<\/a> \u2013 financially backed by the corporate elite who continue to work to weaken unions.<\/p>\n

However, working people know that\u00a0In Our Unity Lies Our Strength,\u00a0<\/em>and together we can stand up to the forces that wish to hurt us.<\/p>\n

What You Can Do<\/strong><\/h3>\n

On Feb. 24, workers will gather together to call for an end to this unfair system.<\/p>\n

Right now, events are planned in the following cities:\u00a0San Diego, CA;<\/a>\u00a0Washington, DC<\/a>;\u00a0Detroit, MI;<\/a>\u00a0Cedar Rapids, IA<\/a>;\u00a0Buffalo, NY;<\/a>\u00a0New York City, NY;<\/a>\u00a0Louisville, KY<\/a>;\u00a0St. Paul, MN<\/a>;\u00a0Columbus, OH<\/a>;\u00a0Philadelphia, PA;<\/a>\u00a0Albuquerque, NM<\/a>;\u00a0Memphis, TN<\/a>;\u00a0St. Louis, MO<\/a>;\u00a0Erie, PA<\/a>;\u00a0Houston, TX<\/a>;\u00a0Atlanta, GA<\/a>;\u00a0Miami, FL<\/a>;\u00a0Sioux Falls, SD<\/a>;\u00a0Madison, WI<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Chicago, IL.<\/a><\/p>\n

Visit\u00a0www.itsaboutfreedom.org<\/em><\/a>\u00a0to sign up to attend a rally above or to see what other events are planned near you. Click\u00a0here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to download a flyer to pass out at your workplace and in your community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, Feb. 24, workers will gather from coast to coast for a Working People\u2019s Day of Action to demand an end to the rigged economic system. They will to stand together to fight for social and economic justice including the right to fair bargaining and union representation! The Day of Action, organized by AFSCME and Jobs with Justice, comes at a crucial time in labor movement history. It is part of the commemoration for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apwu-news","category-clerks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2593,"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592\/revisions\/2593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}