IAM Delta Campaign Celebrates Black History Month: T.O. Jones of the Memphis Sanitation Strike

We are marking Black History Month by launching a special series of conversations about the labor movement’s special tie to civil rights.

Check out the first episode here.

Amanda Goodman Berry, a Delta Air Lines worker who is helping to organize workers into the IAM, celebrates Black History Month by discussing the life of Thomas “T.O.” Oliver Jones, a union organizer who helped lead the iconic Memphis Sanitation Strike that was championed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement in 1968.

Jones’ unique story can serve as motivation for thousands of Delta workers who deserve union representation with a great contract.

Watch our first Black History Month Podcast here!