Memphis sanitation strike

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Memphis_sanitation_strike

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:cause	low wages poor working conditions death of Echol Cole and Robert Walker
gptkbp:endDate	1968-04-16
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:AFSCME_Local_1733
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee
gptkbp:mayorDuringStrike	gptkb:Henry_Loeb
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	national attention
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:numberOfStrikers	over 1,300
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:City_of_Memphis
gptkbp:participants	gptkb:American_Federation_of_State,_County_and_Municipal_Employees_(AFSCME) sanitation workers
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:result	union recognition improved wages
gptkbp:significance	major event in the Civil Rights Movement
gptkbp:slogan	I AM A MAN
gptkbp:startDate	1968-02-12
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:I've_Been_to_the_Mountaintop gptkb:United_States_labor_movement gptkb:Jesse_Louis_Jackson_Sr. gptkb:Labor_History gptkb:I_AM_A_MAN_(Memphis_sanitation_strike,_1968) gptkb:History_of_Labour_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Memphis sanitation strike