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Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance

Wed. January 25, 2012

More than 500 community activists and leaders from the labor and civil rights movements gathered in Detroit for the AFL-CIO's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance and National Conference.

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Feeding the Heart and Soul

Wed. February 02, 2011
February 2, 2011 - This year nearly 500 men and women of labor gathered in Cincinnati to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

MLK Observance Underway in Cincinnati

Thu. January 13, 2011
This year’s AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance is taking place in Cincinnati, Ohio, a city with a rich civil rights history and the northern terminus of the fabled Underground Railroad.

A Day "On"

Tue. January 26, 2010
January 26, 2010 - Many union members won't take a day off like the Martin Luther King holiday.  Rather, a lot of them take a day on...volunteering and giving back to those communities that have given them so much.

They Sat, So We Could Stand

Fri. January 22, 2010
January 22, 2010 - Nearly 50 years ago in Greensboro, North Carolina, a movement began that changed America.  Forever linking together the Civil Rights and Labor Movements.