Memphis sanitation workers

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Memphis_sanitation_workers
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf labor group
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:AFSCME_Local_1733
gptkbp:causeOfStrike racial discrimination
low wages
unsafe working conditions
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:National_Civil_Rights_Museum
gptkbp:employer gptkb:City_of_Memphis
gptkbp:historicalSignificance influenced U.S. labor and civil rights movements
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Memphis sanitation workers
gptkbp:location gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:1968_Memphis_sanitation_strike
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:labor_rights_movement
civil rights activism
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Robert_Walker
gptkb:T.O._Jones
Echol Cole
gptkbp:numberOfStrikers over 1,300
gptkbp:resultOfStrike improved working conditions
union recognition
wage increase
gptkbp:slogan I AM A MAN
gptkbp:strikeEndDate April 16, 1968
gptkbp:strikeStartDate February 12, 1968
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:I_AM_A_MAN_(Memphis_sanitation_strike,_1968)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7