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Gearing up for the biggest nationwide mobilization of workers in decades, CWA, the unionmovement and a growing list of allies are planning activities and events for April 4, the day in 1968 that Martin Luther King was murdered while supporting striking sanitation workers in Memphis.

From wearing stickers that say, “Stand Up for Workers’ Rights” to leafleting, community outreach, rallies, candlelight vigils and more, CWA locals, sectors and districts will be working hard to meet President Larry Cohen’s goal to have dramatic events in every workplace across the United States.

Click on the photo to find out Why April 4 Matters.

Allies joining the effort include the NAACP, National Council of La Raza, the National Urban League, American Association of People with Disabilities, Center for American Progress, Common Cause, the Sierra Club and many more.

This week, they issued a call to action asking Americans to remember King’s stand for workers’ rights and to honor him and all workers still fighting for those rights today.

“On April 4 this year, the anniversary of Dr. King’s death, we will stand together across this country for those same human rights and human dignity for working men and women,” the call to action states. “We will remember the courage and determination of those 1,300 workers who endured assault and arrest as they walked a picket line for two months, as we stand with public workers whose bargaining rights are under attack, with private workers who can’t get bargaining rights, and against those politicians and their allies who want to silence our political voice.”

A Call To Action: Why April 4 Matters

Go to www.cwaaction.org to read the full statement and check out other April 4 materials.