Nearly 1,000 “workers” planned for Labor Day | American Union

Nearly 1,000 “billionaire workers” protest All 50 states starting this weekend plan as part of Labor Day Action Week, which is opposite to Trump administration policies.

Action includes parades and gatherings in the city Chicago and Los AngelesLabor Day Parade New York City,assembly Palmer, Alaska,,,,, Freeport, Maineand plans to protests at the state capitol HonoluluHawaii.

this protest Organized by AFL-CIO, the largest union union association of the United States, Dozens Partner organizations, including citizens, Indivisible, Democratic Forward, Mortyden and Patriot Millionaire.

“It’s about organic, grassroots organization, and we deliberately hope it’s not there Washington, DCbecause that’s where the impact is felt,” said AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler.

“Whether it’s teachers, nurses or construction workers, they’re determined to stand up and fight back because they’re going through cuts, they’re going through policy changes, they’re going through this White House attack on unions, so they’re determined to make their voices and mobilize to compete, no matter what happens around the business, no matter what, no matter what obstacles are encountered.”

The protest policies include Trump administration Attempt to undo Collective bargaining right From 1 million federal workers, the largest coalition bankruptcy in U.S. history cut Minimum wage requirements for federal contractors range from $17.75 per hour to $13.30 per hour Proposed Rules To eliminate federal minimum wage and overtime protection for 3.7 million child care workers, and Revoke Minimum wage requirements for workers with disabilities.

As public support for unions remains large, the action is. national polling AFL-CIO and David Binder study found trust in unions at 55%, which is greater than 36% of respondents saying they believe them Democratic Party 35% of respondents said they trust Republican Party.

Shuler added: “People are awakening us not to just sit down and accept it, and the labor movement is where we go into the channel and build the next thing, and we put forward our vision for the economy.”

“When people see tanks sailing into Washington, D.C., when we are guaranteed to reduce costs, it doesn’t make sense,” Schuler said. “We’re putting billionaires in the front row of inauguration, basically taking over the agency, our economy and our country. So I think that no matter which party you belong to, it’s a unified thing everyone wants, the freedom, fairness and safety that all staff deserve.”

“The billionaire agenda is the corruption we see, which is changing the way government works. This leads to real-time and influential consequences for the regular people,” said Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Citizens. “The filth of Medicaid, all our firings of federal workers, ravaging the destruction of families through ice attacks. Everything is gathered together to make people stand up and say, ‘We are the people of this country. This is the workers of billionaires.”

Gilbert notes that they currently plan to conduct 984 events with the goal of more than 1,000 events by Labor Day effort It’s been a few weeks.

“We’ve been talking over and over again about the authoritarian slideshows our government has ushered in our country. We expect a lot of energy this weekend. It’s really just the beginning of the ongoing struggle with the average person snatched away,” she said.