Labor Day rallies occurred across the United States as part of the Workers Over Billionaires campaign demanding freedom, fairness, security for workers, and the right to unionize. Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson denounced a Trump administration threat to deploy federal troops to Chicago in an immigration crackdown and pledged to defend democracy and protect the humanity of city residents. Hundreds of protests unfolded in major and smaller cities, including New York, Houston, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Cleveland, and Greensboro. The May Day Strong coalition, AFL-CIO, One Fair Wage, and other labor groups organized the actions to focus on local impacts. New York demonstrations included gatherings near Trump Tower and a rally in Albany attended by US senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
As Labor Day rallies took place across the US, the Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson sharply denounced the Trump administration's threat to deploy federal troops to the city as part of an immigration crackdown. No federal troops in the city of Chicago, said Johnson on Monday to a gathered crowd at the Workers over Billionaires demonstration in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood. Johnson added: We're going to defend our democracy we're going to protect the humanity of every single person in the city of Chicago.
Monday's rally in Chicago is one of hundreds of protests organized across the country as part of the national Workers Over Billionaires effort, a mass action demanding freedom, fairness and security for workers, and the right to unionize. Demonstrations are taking place in cities large and small, including New York, Houston, Washington DC, and Los Angeles. Smaller cities such as Cleveland, Ohio and Greensboro, North Carolina, held rallies of their own as a part of the nationwide action.
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