NLRB backs locked out Kellogg's workers/Charges Kellogg with Labor Violations

The National Labor Relations Board has sided with the Memphis Kellogg workers and against Kellogg's illegal lockout of the workers

U.S. Government Charges Kellogg with Serious Violations of Federal Law (BCTGM)

NLRB backs locked out Kellogg's workers » The Commercial Appeal

U.S. Gov't Charges Kellogg with Labor Violations (CH 24 Memphis)

Bernie Sanders for President 2016 ?

Even though Hillary Clinton is expected to be the inevitable Democratic nominee for President if (when) she throws her hat in the ring, many progressives and democratic socialists are pushing for Sen. Bernie Sanders, the progressive/left/socialist senator from Vermont to run, either in the Democratic Primary against Hillary Clinton to challenge her from the democratic left, or as an independent.  There are good arguments for either path, but it all depends on Bernie Sanders, who seems to interested in running...

Bernie Sanders: ‘I Am Prepared to Run for President of the United States’ | The Nation

Bernie Sanders: I Would Be A Better President than Hillary Clinton

Are Progressives Ready for "Political Revolution" with Bernie? Common Dreams

DSA/Labor Activist Bill Fletcher argues that if Sanders does run, he should run in the Democratic Primary  To the Point

Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has launched it's own petition to urge Sanders to run

Draft Bernie Sanders Petition

And there is a Draft Bernie Facebook group

UAW Loses Volkswagen Vote in Chatanooga: Now What

TN Volkswagen Employees Vote Against Joining the UAW

UAW's Take: Historic Election Brings Outside Interference in Chattanooga VW Vote

How the UAW Lost Chattanooga (Talking Union)

UAW Appeals Election Lost at Chattanooga VW Plat

Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Vote on Union

Tennessee Republicans and national anti-labor organizations are in a frenzy to stop Volkswagen workers from joining the UAW, even though Volkswagen is not taking any sides and is not fighting it.

Volkswagen Workers Vote on Union, Works Council Scheme | Talking Union

Chattanooga Showdown  (Harold Meyerson)

Volkswagen Workers Call for End to Outside Interference (Talking Union)

Tenn. Republicans Threaten to Block Subsidies if VW Plant Unionizes (Talking Union)

How Tennessee Papers are Helping the Anti-Union Fight (Media Matters)

When the Boss Wants a Union, But the GOP Says "NO" (In These Times)

UPDATE: Tennessee Volkswagen Plant Employees Vote Against Joining UAW

In Memphis, Locked-Out Kellogg Workers Evoke MLK’s Legacy

In Memphis, Locked-Out Kellogg Workers Evoke MLK’s Legacy - Working In These Times

Martin Luther King, Socialism and Economic Justice

As the U.S. celebrates the MLK holiday Jan. 20, we need to remember that Dr. King's dream was not just about racial equality, but economic and social justice for all.  He is probably the best articulator of democratic socialism in modern U.S. history.

Martin Luther King and Economic Justice 

Martin Luther King, Economic Justice, Workers' Rights and Multiracial Democracy 

The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV (FAIR)

Dr. King's Nightmare 

How would MLK view the Forbes 400 controlling as much wealth as our entire African-American population of about 41 million people? Could that state of affairs co-exist with his dream?

State of the Dream -2014 (United for a Fair Economy)

Restoring King (Jacobin)

4 Ways Martin Luther King Was More Radical Than You Thought (Alternet)

The Radical MLK We Need Today  (Salon)

MLK Day Jan. 20

This Monday (Jan. 20) is MLK Day and a great opportunity to support the locked-out BCTGM Kellogg workers in Memphis.  Join Memphis DSA to honor MLK on his birthday and march with Memphis labor groups and workers.

See: Kellogg Locks Out BCTGM-Represented Workers for more info

Memphis MLK Events

Please join us on MONDAY, JANUARY 20th in supporting Locked-Out Kellogg Workers at the annual Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Day festivities in Memphis Tennessee.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

10:00 A.M.

The 29th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King National Holiday Parade, sponsored by the Commission on Religion and Racism (CORR)

BCTGM International President David Durkee will march in the parade with a large group of locked out BCTGM Kellogg workers from Memphis.

WHERE? Parade begins at the slave auction block in Memphis, Tenn. – corner of Main & Auction, proceeding south on Main to Exchange, east on Exchange to Second, South on Second to Beale Street, and from Beale Street on Second to the National Civil Rights Museum.

2:00 P.M.

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) will commemorate the leadership, vision, beliefs, and sacrifice of life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

BCTGM International President David Durkee is a featured speaker and the 225 locked out Kellogg workers are being honored as special guests.

WHERE? Cane Creek Baptist Church – 1785 Bellvue Blvd. Memphis, Tenn.

CLICK HERE to RSVP to this event on Facebook.