State Fed Rally to Honor MLK

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)On Monday, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the 300,000-member Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO will join faith and civil rights leaders for an MLK Day Rally for Jobs, Justice and Equality at 6p in Annapolis. The rally will honor Dr. King’s legacy, which has inspired an ambitious agenda in Maryland – from the creation and preservation of good jobs to investing in a shared future and defending voting rights – put forward for the coming year by labor and progressive groups. “We are committed to advancing the work that Dr. King and other civil rights leaders began so many decades ago,” says Fred Mason, president of the MD/DC AFL-CIO. “We can think of no better way to honor this great man and all of the men and women in our nation’s history who fought for working families, and to realize good jobs, justice and equality for all.” The rally features a host of civil rights, faith, labor, and elected leaders, including Mason, Congresswoman Donna Edwards, MD Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown,George Gresham (SEIU 1199), Roger Lash (IBEW 24), Reverend C. D. Witherspoon (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), MD Delegate Heather Mizeur, and Sue Esty (AFSCME Maryland).