MEMPHIS, Tenn. - More than 200 members of five different unions came together in one voice in front of Memphis City Hall on Tuesday afternoon.

A prepared statement was read by Rev. Keith Caldwell, the Pastor of Historic Centenary UMC Church in South Memphis. " This union has the power to run this city, and it also has the power to stop this city!” Caldwell said to the cheers of union members in attendance.

From librarians to electricians, hundreds of city workers stood in front of City Hall to protest what they called Mayor Paul Young’s refusal to sign a memorandum of understanding with their union.

Memorandums of understanding, or MOUs, are at the heart of the friction between the collective bargaining unions and the City of Memphis. Last month, the City wrote in a countersuit from

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