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The recent push by workers in Hampton Roads to form labor unions would be strongly backed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., a longtime Virginia Beach public utilities employee maintained. "This is what Dr. King fought for," Terry Green, 64, said at an MLK Day celebration in downtown Norfolk.

The MLK Jr. Day federal holiday falls on Monday, Jan. 15 this year. Many local services will be closed in commemoration.