tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post2956614534345912174..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Dr. Martin Luther King, Labor LeaderUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-32999105227613527182011-01-14T18:13:16.536-05:002011-01-14T18:13:16.536-05:00Two workers were killed by malfunctioning trucks, ...<i>Two workers were killed by malfunctioning trucks, the object of worker complaints for many years.</i><br /><br />This is actually connected to the "I Am A Man" slogan.<br /><br />African-American sanitation workers were <i>not permitted in the county buildings</i>, even to go to the bathroom.<br /><br />They were LITERALLY expected to relieve themselves in the bushes, like DOGS! <br /><br />"I AM A MAN": not a dog.<br /><br />The African-American workers weren't permitted to DRIVE the garbage trucks, either (that was a Whites Only job).<br /><br />There were outside ALL day, riding on the back of the truck. <br /><br />One very rainy day, two black workers ducked under the truck's compactor-awning, to share a smoke.<br /><br />The compactor---which they'd ascertained was OFF---suddenly came on, sucked them in, and crushed them to death.<br /><br />"Straw" --> Camel's back.<br /><br />STRIKE!JCFnoreply@blogger.com