He was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968, while helping lead sanitation workers on strike.
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As 2010 has unfurled and we have seen Athens ablaze in May and workers on strike elsewhere it has been claimed by many wise economic heads that the chaos of breaking up the Euro would be too costly to bear?
This is a fact that should be remembered on a day when French workers go on strike and take to street as they bemoan the idea of increasing the retirement age.
The attack came on the heels of industrial unrest at the Algerian gas facility, where hundreds of Algerian workers went on strike June 21.
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When Philippine Airlines workers went on strike last year, he didn't side with labor.
Under current law, when workers go on strike, a company may bring in replacements.
He denied having a strategy to force workers out on strike purely so he could fire them.
Both Thyssen and Krupp's workers went on strike and there was talk of a customer boycott of the two banks.
Centerra had a brief issue with its Kumtor mine, located in the Kyrgyz republic, when workers went on strike last month.
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Mr Berlusconi has faced continued criticism from inside Italy, where the euro hit a further hitch when bank workers went on strike on Monday.
The airline maker Boeing has had its plants shut down since workers went on strike in early September, but Boeing and its machinist union say they reached an agreement last night that should end the dispute.
For nearly two weeks, hundreds of the city's dock workers have been on strike, crippling the world's third-busiest container port.
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Briefly, members of the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers voted to go on strike at Verizon Communications last week after the two sides were unable to agree over concessions regarding employee contributions to pension and healthcare costs.
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Meanwhile, in a separate dispute, a planned strike by workers on CrossCountry trains on Friday has been called off.
This idea alarmed the company's North American workers, who recently went on strike partly to protest about the threat to jobs.
Workers in Scotland are not on strike, but the Scottish secretary of Unison, Matt Smith, said a walkout was planned unless councils agreed to renegotiate their pay offer.
According to news reports, some 30, 000 coal-mine workers in South Africa have gone on strike seeking a pay increase.
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Around 300 British Telecom workers in Northern Ireland have gone on strike over what have been described as "intolerable" working conditions.
It has been hit by a series of strikes since June 2011, when workers went on a 13-day strike demanding the recognition of a new union.
The factory has been hit by a series of strikes since June 2011, when workers went on a 13-day strike demanding the recognition of a new union.
Ambulance workers in Yorkshire are voting on whether to strike in a row over staffing changes.
Fiat workers plan a 12-hour strike on Wednesday, the second in a week at the stricken carmaker.
Union leaders said the deal was a success, as the pay rise was for all workers, not just those who went on strike, and also addressed complaints about working conditions at the port.
Workers on the Piccadilly Line on London Underground (LU) are to be balloted for strike action in a row over working conditions.
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Ford workers are threatening a 24-hour strike on Monday following a dispute over pay and pensions.
The company said workers have not made any threats to go on strike.
Postal workers began the 48-hour strike early on Monday after eight days of talks between the Royal Mail and CWU officials ended without a settlement on pay increases, pension benefits or job security.
Health workers in the north-east of England are on strike over changes to their travel costs.
Construction workers building a power station in Cheshire have gone on strike due to "inadequate on-site facilities".
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