Political Quotes

“our former colleague, Doug Jones from Alabama, began this bipartisan tradition. It happened in his State, and it is an honor to carry it. Today, we recommit to Dr. King's mission--equal rights for all--to ensuring that every voice is heard and to the dignity of work. On Friday, we marked Workers Memorial Day, when we honor workers killed on the job over the past year and throughout our history. People don't talk enough about what Dr. King was doing when he was assassinated. He was killed in Memphis while fighting for sanitation workers, AFSCME Local 1633, some of the most exploited workers in our country. He traveled there following the death of two sanitation workers on the job. Not only was it a segregated neighborhood in Memphis, but, of course, even the garbage truck was segregated. Two White workers worked in the cab, and two Black workers worked in the back of the truck. They were killed when the truck malfunctioned and crushed them. Dr. King understood the deep connection between workers' rights and civil rights. Speaking to those workers, he said: [W]henever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth. . . . All labor has dignity. Until we have equal rights for all and dignity for all workers, our work here remains unfinished. We have a long road left to travel. It is up to us to push our country further along the road. That is the message to me in Dr.…”