sanitation workers. he marched with those men, whose wages were so low they needed welfare to supplement their income. well, the next day, king was killed. now, four decades later, their struggle for jobs continues. memphis sanitation workers, they are battling the city government to prevent private companies from taking over their jobs. lee saunders represents the sanitation union, he is president of the american federation of state, county, and municipal employees and joins us from memphis. very good to see you. thank you for joining us here. you were elected last year as the union s first african-american president. it was something that surprised all of us that it was a first, it s taken that long for that to happen, but you say the main problem now, the big problem here, is the move for government jobs to be privatized and it s really threatening the workers livelihood, sanitation workers. can you tell us how? well, privatization is affecting members, not only in memphis, tenne