Tens of thousands of workers in more than 25 cities are expected to participate in a full-day strike today as part of the 鈥�.鈥� Those who cannot strike for the full day are encouraged to walk away from their positions for about eight minutes 鈥� the amount of time a white police officer held his knee on George Floyd鈥檚 neck in Minneapolis.
The strike organizers 鈥� which include labor unions and racial and social justice organizations 鈥� are calling attention not only to police brutality, but systemic racism, systemic poverty and even climate justice as interconnected fights. People working for less than a living wage in the U.S. number 62 million, according to the Poor People鈥檚 Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, an organization participating in the strike. Strike events are planned in Durham and Asheville today. Host Anita Rao speaks with the , pastor, president of Repairers of the Breach and co-chair of the Poor People鈥檚 Campaign, about the strike and the causes he hopes it will bring to light.
