Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968 to advocate for sanitation workers following the deaths of two sanitation workers caused by malfunctioning equipment

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Andrew Young served as a civil rights leader, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and mayor of Atlanta

Andrew Young's first wife Jean Young and Andrew Young's daughter both died of cancer

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a sermon focusing on the parable of the Good Samaritan in Memphis, Tennessee, on the evening before his assassination in 1968

Megan Wingfield received a 5,000 dollar campaign contribution from the United Auto Workers after winning the Democratic congressional primary in Kentucky

Pre-industrial British laborers voluntarily increased annual working days to earn cash for newly accessible consumer goods

Joyce Appleby documented that pre-industrial British laborers increased their annual working days from approximately 250 days to 300 days

Capitalism altered labor politics from escaping servitude to demanding a fair share of expanding societal surplus and consumption opportunities

The United Auto Workers labor union represents tens of thousands of academic graduate student workers in addition to factory workers

In a 2023 Gallup poll, approximately 70 percent of Americans supported striking United Auto Workers members over automobile manufacturing companies

In a 2023 Gallup poll, 75 percent of college-educated respondents expressed support for striking United Auto Workers over automobile manufacturers

Shawn Fain was elected president of the United Auto Workers through a coalition of academic graduate student workers and industrial factory workers

An Amazon warehouse located on Staten Island became the first Amazon facility in the United States to unionize

An Apple retail store in Towson, Maryland, became the first Apple store to unionize in the United States

Martin Luther King Jr.'s interpretation of the Good Samaritan parable calls for fixing the systemic causes of suffering

Anthony Scaramucci's father was a unionized crane operator with an hourly wage

The electricians' labor union has publicly supported data center construction, citing the creation of highly skilled jobs

Blue collar labor unions are organizing to support data center construction.

Labor unions are threatening to withhold support from political candidates who oppose data centers.

Steamfitter, UA Local 602, stated in a memo it will not back any politicians running on an anti-data center platform.

The Kansas HVAC and Railroad Workers Union supported the Republican gubernatorial candidate for the first time in decades over the data center issue.