In the fifth episode of the I AM Story podcast, current labor leaders discuss how the lessons of the Memphis... more

Episode 4 of the I AM STORY podcast looks at the impact the strike had on the lives of the... more

Seven weeks after the sanitation strike began, garbage was piling up and the city was feeling the pressure. The labor action was expanding... more

In the wake of the deaths of Echol Cole and Robert Walker, 1,300 Memphis sanitation workers went on strike. The men were demanding safer... more

In 1968, Memphis sanitation workers faced dangerous and degrading conditions on the job. The mayor showed the men no respect,... more

In 1968, Memphis sanitation workers went on strike – for dignity, for respect, for recognition of their basic humanity. Courageously,... more

In 1968, two Memphis sanitation workers, Robert Walker and Echol Cole, were crushed to death in the back of their truck, a... more

In 1968, sanitation workers in Memphis took a stand against degrading and deadly working conditions.   They declared a strike that would... more