5.06.03 job rights, minimum wages, right to a constructive job

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Make the Road New York is admired for its consensus-based, collective decision-making, an intensive process that builds strong, trusting relationships, leadership, and shared agreement among members.

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In Mississippi, African American political leaders and immigrant organizers favor a different calculation: Blacks plus immigrants plus unions equals power.

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While King's vision for winning economic rights was cut tragically short, 40 years later his call to action is undeniable.

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We need to remember that the dream was not just Dr. King's, but belongs to the many, many people who gave their time, their energy -- even their lives -- to achieve this powerful vision.

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The poor and the youth of this nation must be given a say -- not a token!

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What changes can we make so that Kenyans can promise each other, "Never again"?

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Boycott Burger King until it supports a penny per pound increase in wages.

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By depriving ex-cons of opportunity, current laws promote crime.

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Democracy is the outcry of dissent.

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On February 22, 2007, the unionized BJ&B garment factory in the Dominican Republic suddenly announced that it was closing and would lay off all workers. The owners of the factory are shifting the work to Vietnam, where independent unions are banned, and possibly to Bangladesh, where unions are banned in "export processing zones."