WXXI News
On the 58th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Rochester Labor Council is screening a documentary of his final days, when he stood in solidarity with Memphis sanitation workers.
We discuss parallels and disconnects between the labor movement during King’s era and the labor movement today. What can we learn? Our guests discuss it.
In studio:
- Orlando Torres, vice president of AFSCME Local 1635 City Employees Union, and local sanitation worker
- Sharifa Prior, chair of the Rochester Labor Council Racial Justice Committee, and member of CSEA
- Jim Bertolone, president emeritus of the Rochester Labor Council, and former president and labor historian for APWU (postal workers)
