Will County News

The local group Warehouse Workers for Justice will commemorate the anniversary of Dr. King's assassination with a vigil in Downtown Joliet April 4, 2011.  See the Warehouse Workers for Justice press release for more details: "Vigil planned to commemorate MLK dream on April 4 Warehouse Workers call to Revive the American Dream FOR RELEASE ON:  April 1, 2011 Press contact:   Abraham Mwaura, Warehouse Workers for Justice:  312.775.2154   abe@warehouseworker.org On April 4th, 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, where he had gone to stand with sanitation workers demanding their dream: The right to bargain collectively for a voice at work and a better life.    In celebration of the life and dream of MLK Jr. Warehouse Workers for Justice is hosting a vigil at the Will County Courthouse calling to revive the American dream on Monday, April 4th at 12 noon.   The vigil is part of a national day of action ...

The Wisconsin Farmers Union is planning a "Tractorcade" to Madison, Wisconsin, read the full press release from the Wisconsin Farmers Union website : "WISCONSIN FARMERS UNION For immediate release : March 9, 2011 For More Information Contact:  Scott Schultz 715-723-5561 (office) or 715-533-5906 (cell) sschultz@wisconsinfarmersunion.com   Hightower to join farmers during farmers’ ‘tractorcade’ and rally   Madison, Wis. (March 9, 2011)  –  Nationally syndicated populist columnist Jim Hightower will join Wisconsin family farmers during a tractorcade and rally Saturday at the state capitol in Madison. The Farm Labor Tractorcade, sponsored by Wisconsin Farmers Union and Family Farm Defenders, will have a tractor parade 10-11 a.m. from John Nolan Drive to Capitol Square. The tractor parade will be followed by an 11:30 a.m. rally at the capitol. Hightower, a long-time political activist and former Texas agriculture commissioner, will add to voices from farmers ...