Teamsters Honor Martin Luther King Jr. and His Dream That Lives on Today

He believed that the racist and the labor-hater were born of the same
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Forty-five million Americans are without health
insurance, and skyrocketing health care costs eat away at already-stretched
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"Customers can shop at any of our 170 Ashley Stewart locations on Monday
and know that they are buying more than clothing; they are preserving history,
said Ashley Stewart's Vice President and General Merchandise Manager, Marla
Minns. Last year's donation of $12,000
brought the foundation one-step closer to making the monument a reality.

Washington, D. Martin Luther King, Jr. Groundbreaking is scheduled for late 2006 and the memorial is
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Official Statement of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa

WASHINGTON, The following is a statement of
Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa:

The Teamsters pay tribute to the life and the legacy of the Rev.
King championed a vision of civil rights that was synonymous with labor
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Charell Charleston
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The share of Americans living in
poverty has increased four years in a row, while tax cuts funnel more and more
money to the super-rich. The donation will help fund the
creation of a monument in honor of Dr.
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, in 1968. Corporations are shipping good jobs overseas and
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Viola
Liuzzo , the wife of a Teamster business agent from Detroit Local 247, was shot
and killed while participating in civil rights actions in Montgomery and Selma
in 1965.

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At King's request, the Teamsters gave $25,000 to the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference and donated money and supplies to the tent cities
cropping up around Montgomery and Selma, Ala.
Today , King's fight continues as American workers see hard-won labor
rights of the past crumble around them. Memorial Project Foundation.ashleystewart. Congress passed a Resolution in 1996 authorizing Alpha Phi Alpha
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He believed all workers deserved respect, no matter what color they were, and
he did more than any other labor leader of his time to unite the struggles of
blacks and poor workers.

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by donating five percent
of each sale on Monday, January 16 to the Washington, D.buildthedream. The memorial will be situated adjacent to
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I think he would be heartened to know that
his spirit lives on as Teamster waste workers in Alabama, Georgia and Florida
recently secured their first contract, securing a better future for their
families and greater respect on the job. King would dream of nothing less.

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King was supporting the rights of sanitation workers when he was gunned
down in Memphis, Tenn.

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Founded in 1996 the Memorial Project Foundation seeks to raise 100 million
dollars . To date they have raised 53 million. This is Ashley Stewart's second
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" His "Poor People 's Campaign" in 1967 was
intended to be the second phase of the civil rights movement, a heroic call to
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, Ashley Stewart will
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and seek to honor his memory on this holiday, and every day,
by fighting for the principles he gave his life to promote.

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Ashley Stewart Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a Donation to the Washington D.C. Memorial Foundation

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