Watch video sub­mis­sions from the 4th annual “What Would Mar­tin Do?” project below!

“In our glo­ri­ous fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slo­gans, such as ‘right to work.’ It is a law to rob us of our civil rights and job rights. Its pur­pose is to destroy labor unions and the free­dom of col­lec­tive bar­gain­ing by which unions have improved wages and work­ing con­di­tions of everyone…Wherever these laws have been passed, wages are lower, job oppor­tu­ni­ties are fewer and there are no civil rights. We do not intend to let them do this to us. We demand this fraud be stopped.”

The ADA Edu­ca­tion Fund con­tin­ued the “What Would Mar­tin Do?” tra­di­tion for a fourth year, this time ask­ing YOU your thoughts on Dr. Mar­tin Luther King, Jr., the labor move­ment, and the Amer­i­can Dream.

Dr. King was a cham­pion of col­lec­tive bar­gain­ing rights and not only under­stood the link between work­ers’ rights and civil rights, but also the role the labor move­ment plays in push­ing our nation towards social and eco­nomic progress.  With Michigan’s recent right-to-work law, the arc of the Moral Uni­verse is indeed long.

Now is your chance to tell how you think Dr. King would respond to our nation’s cur­rent col­lec­tive bar­gain­ing strug­gle.  Send us your YouTube, Vimeo, or video file sub­mis­sion to karen@adaction.org and we’ll add your voice to the dis­cus­sion.  You can also send in a per­sonal essay (no more than 500 words), which will be added to the website.

Watch video sub­mis­sions from “What Would Mar­tin Do?” below!

Timuel Black — What Would Mar­tin Do from ADA & ADA Ed Fund on Vimeo.

Sasha Reuther speaks about Dr King and cur­rent col­lec­tive bar­gain­ing strug­gles from ADA & ADA Ed Fund on Vimeo.

Tim Thomas – What Would Mar­tin Do?

Ornella Kaze — What Would Mar­tin Do?

Chris Schwartz  – What Would Mar­tin Do?

William Rice — What Would Mar­tin Do? from ADA & ADA Ed Fund on Vimeo.

Sean Cribben — What Would Mar­tin Do? from ADA & ADA Ed Fund on Vimeo.

Essay sub­mis­sion by Vin­cent Navarro — What Would Mar­tin Do? from ADA & ADA Ed Fund on Vimeo.

An essay by Bob­bie Sue Grant — What Would Mar­tin Do from ADA & ADA Ed Fund on Vimeo.

Don Kusler — What Would Mar­tin Do from ADA & ADA Ed Fund on Vimeo.

Amer­i­cans Rights at Work and Jobs with Jus­tice — What Would Mar­tin Do?

Ezra Temko — What Would Mar­tin Do from ADA & ADA Ed Fund on Vimeo.