Martin Luther King Jr. Day Workshop

January 19, 2025, 9:30am
Garfield High School, 400 23rd Ave. S., Seattle

Mobilize workers’ un-tapped power to stop Trump:
Lessons from the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike and beyond

Centering the inspiring lessons from the historic 1968 coming together of Black Civil Rights and labor leadership in a powerful force for change, this workshop will explore how workers of all colors can unite today to use their power, including a General Strike. Speakers will engage participants in discussion of organizing strategies to reverse cuts to education, SNAP, healthcare and other vital programs, and to stop the Trump regime’s racist attacks on DEI and immigrants, trans rights and reproductive freedom.

Speakers: Gabriel Prawl, President of A. Philip Randolph Institute, Seattle Chapter; Ahmed Mumin, Executive Director of the Seattle Rideshare Drivers Association; Linda Averill, shop steward in Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 587; Salvador Castillo, leader in Wash. Federation of State Employees, Local 1495; Mahailah Adams, young activist and service worker in a non-union shop.

Hosted by: A Philip Randolph Institute, Seattle Chapter; Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity; Seattle Rideshare Drivers Association.

Also join the Organize for a General Strike! contingent afterwards. Gather in front of Garfield High School. Look for the banner. Wear your union colors! Invite your union siblings and co-workers, and everyone else too!