Dr. King’s Call for Economic Justice Still Guides the Fight for Workers’ Rights Today

IATSE - IATSE: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words remind us that equality cannot exist in fragments. A society cannot proudly defend political rights while overlooking or denying the economic conditions every human being needs to live with dignity. Dr. King understood that the struggle for justice did not end at the ballot box. It extended into workplaces, homes, hospitals, and schools, into the everyday spaces where people fight for stability, opportunity, and respect. His vision for equality demanded not only legal fairness but economic security, for without both, true freedom is incomplete.