Updating King's Fight For Economic Justice, Activists Call for a Tax on Wall Street
Monday, April 7, 2014
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)DCNA’s Sandy Falwell (at right) joined Rev. Rodney
Sadler, Rep. Keith Ellison, and Amanda Lugg and other activists at the U.S.
Capitol last Friday to connect Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight for
economic
justice with a tax on Wall Street to fund efforts to reverse inequality. April
4 was the 46th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. King while in Memphis to
provide support to city sanitation workers as part of a campaign for worker
justice
and to fight poverty. "America is our patient," declared Falwell, a
registered nurse and national vice president of National Nurses United who
serves on the Metro Washington Council’s Executive Board. "The
Inclusive Prosperity Act is a vital step to funding programs Dr. King stood
for." Vigils to honor Dr. King’s legacy, and call for enactment of
HR 1579 were also held at Congressional offices in 24 cities from coast to
coast, and letters of support were delivered to Congress members at 44 other
offices.
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