More than 3,000 people marched from 16th and Mission to Dolores Park in San Francisco on Labor Day under the theme "workers over billionaires," chanting "Billionaires suck." The march joined over 1,000 rallies nationwide opposing concentrated wealth and the Trump Administration's alignment with oligarchic interests. Local politics in San Francisco reflect billionaire influence over the Board of Supervisors, the Mayor's Office, and the local Democratic Party, leading some elected Democrats to side with wealthy donors rather than labor. Labor organizers and activists hope that the rally energy will translate into support for candidates who protect immigrants, fund education and services, and tax the rich locally.
The theme was "workers over billionaires," and it was repeated over at over at the San Francisco Labor Day rally, one of more than 1,000 across the country. "Billionaires suck," chanted the more than 3,000 people marching from 16th and Mission to Dolores Park on a perfect sunny day. It's an important message, nationwide and locally: A united and fed up labor movement is taking on the fealty to great wealth of the Trump Administration and its allies.
Here in San Francisco, where billionaires have taken control of the Board of Supes, the Mayor's Office, and the local Democratic Party, the politics have been less clear, as a lot of elected Democrats who claim to be allies of labor have sided with the oligarchs who now dominate City Hall. I saw three supervisors in the march-Connie Chan, Cheyanne Chen, and Jackie Fielder. Others may have been there; it was crowded.
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