A Message from President James Shillitto

Local 1-2 Brothers and Sisters today we celebrate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, jr and his legacy. We thought this quote from more than a half-century ago is thought-provoking:

"We were here before the mighty words of the Declaration of Independence were etched across the pages of history. Our forebears labored without wages. They made cotton 'king'. And yet out of a bottomless vitality, they continued to thrive and develop. If the cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail... Because the goal of America is freedom, abused and scorned tho' we may be, our destiny is tied up with America's destiny."