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>> no one ever said it had nothing to do with race. but afscme had given those workers a charter four years earlier and endorsed king's 1963 march on washington. king's message was that racial justice and economic justice were inseparable and that people of every color had a duty to help those 1300 workers in memphis. >> 1300 of god's children here suffering. the question is not if i stop to help this man in need what will happen to me? the question is, if i do not stop to help the sanitation workers what will happen to them? that's the question. >> let's bring in ben jealous the president and...

Marginalize dr. king's crusade ç for poor workers of all colors. >> wait. hold it just a second. dr. king lost his life for collective bargaining? for the public unions? really? did you know that? because that -- we have to update our history books because i didn't know that. here's the deal. april 4th is the 43rd anniversary of the day martin luther king was assassinated after speaking on behalf of the striking black garbage collectors in memphis, tennessee. okay. so i'm sure that the fact that they were black and in memphis had nothing to do with his message. i mean, nothing. it was all abo...

Unions. however, unions and middle-class voters look at this and saw it as a fly by night move. there was no democratic stated senators when the vote occurred. they shifted the bill taking all fiscal matters out of it and voted without a quorum. so scott walker's poll numbers are down and clearly he is focus on the democratic party. >> heather: do you think it will affect other states. let's take a look at the numbers. at least hundred thousand people estimated to be there converging on the capitol am these numbers in last year's congressional license, the largest public employee union gave ov...

Far. joining me now, rick badger, executive director of afscme council 40 of wisconsin. thanks for joining me. >> great to be with you. i wish it was under different circumstances. >> senator miller's statement says in 30 minutes, 18 state senators undid 50 years of civil rights in wisconsin. he also said tonight 18 senate republicans conspired to take government away from the people. where do you go from here? >> first off, isn't it breathtaking? it is just so incredible. and again, you're talking to a real, live wisconsin badger, a product of public schools, product of a public university, a...

We believe in clean government in wisconsin. we believe if they are good ideas, they should be open and seen by all. the fact it was done in this manner shows there was no desire to bargain in good faith on this issue. >> rick badger, is there any reason for the democratic senators to continue to stay out of the state at this point? >> well, that is up to the democratic senators, and i have not been in contact with them on these issues. personally, i would hope everyone takes a step back, looks at all of the options legal and as far as the court of public opinion. as i told the senate majority...