BOSTON (AP) - Workers in Boston will march to the State House this week to call on lawmakers to recognize the struggle of people of color by supporting a minimum wage of $15.
The march on Tuesday is part of the nationwide “Fight Racism, Raise Pay” protests by the Fight for $15 and Movement for Black Lives. The protests will be held in two dozen cities on the anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.
The coast-to-coast events will culminate in a march on the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, where workers, national civil rights leaders and politicians will hold a memorial at the site of King’s assassination.
Some of the other cities planning marches include Atlanta, Milwaukee and Las Vegas.
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