Hundreds of ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ Labor Day rallies take place across US | US news
While the gatherings of the Labor Day took place through the United States, the mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, strongly denounced the threat of the Trump administration to deploy federal troops in the city as part of a repression of immigration.
“No federal troops in the city of Chicago,” said Johnson on a crowd gathered on the demonstration of “workers on the billionaires” in the Chicago West Loop district.
Johnson added: “We are going to defend our democracy … We will protect the humanity of each person in the city of Chicago.”
Monday’s rally in Chicago is one of the hundreds of demonstrations organized across the country in the national effort of “workers of billionaires”, mass action requiring the freedom, equity and safety of workers and the right to unionize.
Demonstrations take place in large and small cities, notably New York, Houston, Washington DC and Los Angeles. Small cities like Cleveland, Ohio and Greensboro, in North Carolina, organized their own rallies within the framework of national action.
The Strong Group of May, a coalition to the unions, organized the efforts on Monday, as well as the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of the American unions; The One Fair Salage, a non -profit organization defending fair wages for catering workers; and other working groups.
“This is the basic biological organization, and we intentionally wanted it to be outside of Washington DC, because this is where the impacts are felt,” said Liz Shuler, president of AFL-CIO, about Monday’s efforts.
In New York, hundreds of people gathered on the other side of Trump Tower Street in the city’s midtown district, USA Today reported. Distinct demonstrations took place throughout New York State, notably in Albany, the state capital.
The American senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who represents New York, appeared during a demonstration of Albany. “It’s Labor Day [and] We want to celebrate workers and people in this community, ”said Gilibrand. New York State, the middle class was built on the work movement and it is time to recognize how important workers are for this community, to our country, to our great state, “she added.
Thousands of people also paraded in the Los Angeles region early on Monday, the local subsidiary KTLA reported. The rally was followed by a free picnic for community members, as well as live entertainment.
Several demonstrations were organized in the California bay region. Residents of Redwood City, about an hour from San Francisco, even formed a 17 -mile human chain in Santa Clara, outside the day’s demonstration, NBC Bay Area reported.
