| Immediate Release
1 April 2011
Contact: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, 919-394-8137
Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Exec Dir, 919-682-4700
Atty. Al McSurely, Communications Chair, lawyers@mcsurely.com
WE ARE ONE: NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
NAACP, HKonJ People’s Coalition, AFL-CIO, UE150, Black Workers for Justice and others
Standing in Solidarity
DURHAM – The NC State Conferenceof the NAACP will mark the 43rd anniversary of the death of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by joining WE ARE ONE: National Day of Action with protests, rallies, picket lines, teach-ins across the country, and here in North Carolina: Asheville, Charlotte, Chapel Hill, Durham, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Greenville, Raleigh and Wilson. <SEE FLIER ATTACHED>
Since 1959, North Carolina’s Jim Crow General Statute 95-98 has continued to deny workers the right to associate and collectively bargain for fair, safe, and just workplaces.
NC NAACP urges all to join the faith community, labor, social justice and civil rights advocates, in solidarity to honor Dr. King’s legacy and ultimate sacrifice and declare WE ARE ONE on Sunday April 3 and Monday, April 4.
"Dr. King’s challenge to never stop fighting for what’s right, in light of the ultra conservative, tea party, right wing attack on labor rights, educational equality and economic justice should be heard afresh," remarked State NAACP President, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II. "If we are going to be a great Nation, a great State, we must close the gap between rituals of worship and works of righteousness. We are required to be just towards workers, uplift the poor and to empower and educate our children. These matters determine the very soul and character of the Nation. Where there are regressive attacks on labor rights, civil rights, human rights and voting rights, we must resist injustice, raise our voices, and register our votes."
Executive Director, Amina J. Turner said, "In this global economy, and recession, we must do all we can to support working families. Denial of workers’ rights is a form of tyranny that affects generations."
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