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freshwest

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10. Steven, be sure to post this graphic, too:

Reply to stevenleser (Reply #9)

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 01:45 PM

Dec 2012

From a thread by sheshe2:

What Martin Luther King had to say about Right to Work 1961!

Martin Luther King, Jr. saw these efforts for just what they were back in 1961, and he was strongly opposed to so-called “Right To Work” even then.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021958389

Wisconsin union members posted videos with his words. We all know that he was in Memphis to help the sanitation workers when he was assassinated. A union website with more:

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Labor

http://www.afscme.org/union/history/mlk/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-on-labor

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"Right to Work" = Your State will become Poorer [View all] stevenleser Dec 2012 OP

kick bigtree Dec 2012 #1

I had no idea that Southern labor arrangements were burnsei sensei Dec 2012 #2

How about the recovery of piece-work instead of the wage? burnsei sensei Dec 2012 #3

piece work has already been revived. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #15

Your State will become Poorer Flashmann Dec 2012 #4

But the owners of the companies employing them got richer Patiod Dec 2012 #11

This born-again family values jerk at work the other day was looking forward rustydog Dec 2012 #5

For that very reason, I am on record as saying that any red state that seceeded would look 3rd world stevenleser Dec 2012 #6

You need to apologize, then, because you are wrong. Fawke Em Dec 2012 #7

send him this! Skittles Dec 2012 #13

K & R !!! - Did You See This ??? WillyT Dec 2012 #8

Good stuff! I will post that soon on all my pages... stevenleser Dec 2012 #9

Steven, be sure to post this graphic, too: freshwest Dec 2012 #10

The original pic and first graph have both generated heated discussion on my show's FB page stevenleser Dec 2012 #14

Just curious, what are the other two states? n/t Geoff R. Casavant Dec 2012 #12

One that come to mind is the State of Missouri. n/t Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #16