CWA Members Honor Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

CWA members joined with 400 fellow unionists in Greensboro, N.C., Monday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the courageous students who refused to leave a whites-only lunch counter at the city's Woolworth's store 50 years ago.

The AFL-CIO decided to hold its annual MLK Day observance in Greensboro to mark the anniversary, and invited the three surviving students to speak. The theme was, "They Sat So That We Could Stand." Over several days, participants did community service and attended workshops that looked at the jobs crisis and its affect on people of color, the 2010 census, expanding high-speed internet access and much more.

Among other MLK events nationwide that drew union members, AFA-CWA activists at Northwest-Delta joined thousands of people in Atlanta who marched through the city to the King Center for a rally featuring many of today's civil rights leaders.

The AFA-CWA group carried a union banner and signs, each with a single word, "Unity," "Opportunity" or "Respect," as part of their campaign to win their upcoming union representation election.

Photo Caption: AFA-CWA members and activists at Northwest-Delta Airlines marched with a crowd of thousands in Atlanta to honor Martin Luther King Jr.