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19th February 2018, 15:48
Huge turnouts expected for Feb. 24 Working People's Day of Action (https://fightbacknews.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a29530af96a02fc55d345e735&id=7b5eab4f5d&e=d323598fe4)
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By staff
Minneapolis, MN – Trade unions and their supporters are mobilizing for the Feb. 24 Working People's Day of Action. A major outpouring for workers’ rights is expected in cities across the U.S.
Cherrene Horazuk, president of Minnesota’s AFSCME Local 3800 states, “Our local is calling upon all of our members, their friends, family, and coworkers to attend the Working People's Day of Action on Feb. 24. We are rallying against the billionaires and their thinktanks and their anti-union lackeys in the halls of Congress, in the courts, and in our workplaces that are trying to roll back the gains our unions have made for the working class.”
Horazuk continued, “Unions have fought and won a good quality of life for working people. Our unions have won the pay and benefits that make it possible to care for our families, send our kids to school and retire with dignity. Our unions have won respect and equality in the workplace for all workers, regardless of race, gender, disability, immigrant status. Every benefit and protection that working people have in the workplace is a result of our unions waging fierce fights against the bosses, through standing together in the workplace and in our communities.”
“Big corporations and the wealthy elite are on a mission to destroy our unions and the gains we have won for the working class. Janus is just the latest in a decades-long campaign to weaken the labor movement. But they will never succeed in destroying our movement. As long as the working class is being exploited for the profits our labor creates, our unions will organize and fight back,” Horazuk concluded.
Below are times and locations for some of the protests:
St. Paul, MN: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 10:30 AM
State Capitol Rotunda
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard St. Paul, MN 55155 (https://maps.google.com/?q=75+Rev.+Dr.+Martin+Luther+King+Jr.+Boulevard+St .+Paul,+MN+55155&entry=gmail&source=g)
Chicago, IL: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 12:00 PM
Daley Plaza 50 W Washington St Chicago, IL 60602 (https://maps.google.com/?q=50+W+Washington+St+Chicago,+IL+60602&entry=gmail&source=g)
Phoenix, AZ: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 10:00 AM
Cesar Chavez Plaza 201 W Washington St. Phoenix, AZ 85003 (https://maps.google.com/?q=201+W+Washington+St.+Phoenix,+AZ+85003&entry=gmail&source=g)
Houston, TX: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 1:00 PM
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church 500 Clay St. Houston, TX 77002 (https://maps.google.com/?q=500+Clay+St.+Houston,+TX+77002&entry=gmail&source=g)
Miami, FL: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 10:30 AM
Bayfront Park 301 Biscayne Blvd Miami, FL 33132 (https://maps.google.com/?q=301+Biscayne+Blvd+Miami,+FL+33132&entry=gmail&source=g)
Orlando, FL: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 11:30 AM
Orange County CTA 1020 Webster St. Orlando, FL 32804 (https://maps.google.com/?q=1020+Webster+St.+Orlando,+FL+32804&entry=gmail&source=g)
Madison, WI: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 1:00 PM
Capitol Square, Downtown Madison 2 E Main St Madison, WI 53703 (https://maps.google.com/?q=2+E+Main+St+Madison,+WI+53703&entry=gmail&source=g)
Detroit, MI: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 10:30 AM
Northwest Activities Center 18100 Meyers Rd Detroit, MI 48235 (https://maps.google.com/?q=18100+Meyers+Rd+Detroit,+MI+48235&entry=gmail&source=g)
Washington, DC: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 10:00 AM
Freedom Plaza 14th St and Pennsylvania Ave Washington, DC 20004
New York, NY: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 11:00 AM
Foley Square 111 Worth Street New York, NY 10013 (https://maps.google.com/?q=111+Worth+Street+New+York,+NY+10013&entry=gmail&source=g)
For other locations or updates go to http://www.itsaboutfreedom.org/
http://www.fightbacknews.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/article-lead-photo/cheafscmeedit.jpg
By staff
Minneapolis, MN – Trade unions and their supporters are mobilizing for the Feb. 24 Working People's Day of Action. A major outpouring for workers’ rights is expected in cities across the U.S.
Cherrene Horazuk, president of Minnesota’s AFSCME Local 3800 states, “Our local is calling upon all of our members, their friends, family, and coworkers to attend the Working People's Day of Action on Feb. 24. We are rallying against the billionaires and their thinktanks and their anti-union lackeys in the halls of Congress, in the courts, and in our workplaces that are trying to roll back the gains our unions have made for the working class.”
Horazuk continued, “Unions have fought and won a good quality of life for working people. Our unions have won the pay and benefits that make it possible to care for our families, send our kids to school and retire with dignity. Our unions have won respect and equality in the workplace for all workers, regardless of race, gender, disability, immigrant status. Every benefit and protection that working people have in the workplace is a result of our unions waging fierce fights against the bosses, through standing together in the workplace and in our communities.”
“Big corporations and the wealthy elite are on a mission to destroy our unions and the gains we have won for the working class. Janus is just the latest in a decades-long campaign to weaken the labor movement. But they will never succeed in destroying our movement. As long as the working class is being exploited for the profits our labor creates, our unions will organize and fight back,” Horazuk concluded.
Below are times and locations for some of the protests:
St. Paul, MN: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 10:30 AM
State Capitol Rotunda
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard St. Paul, MN 55155 (https://maps.google.com/?q=75+Rev.+Dr.+Martin+Luther+King+Jr.+Boulevard+St .+Paul,+MN+55155&entry=gmail&source=g)
Chicago, IL: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 12:00 PM
Daley Plaza 50 W Washington St Chicago, IL 60602 (https://maps.google.com/?q=50+W+Washington+St+Chicago,+IL+60602&entry=gmail&source=g)
Phoenix, AZ: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 10:00 AM
Cesar Chavez Plaza 201 W Washington St. Phoenix, AZ 85003 (https://maps.google.com/?q=201+W+Washington+St.+Phoenix,+AZ+85003&entry=gmail&source=g)
Houston, TX: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 1:00 PM
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church 500 Clay St. Houston, TX 77002 (https://maps.google.com/?q=500+Clay+St.+Houston,+TX+77002&entry=gmail&source=g)
Miami, FL: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 10:30 AM
Bayfront Park 301 Biscayne Blvd Miami, FL 33132 (https://maps.google.com/?q=301+Biscayne+Blvd+Miami,+FL+33132&entry=gmail&source=g)
Orlando, FL: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 11:30 AM
Orange County CTA 1020 Webster St. Orlando, FL 32804 (https://maps.google.com/?q=1020+Webster+St.+Orlando,+FL+32804&entry=gmail&source=g)
Madison, WI: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 1:00 PM
Capitol Square, Downtown Madison 2 E Main St Madison, WI 53703 (https://maps.google.com/?q=2+E+Main+St+Madison,+WI+53703&entry=gmail&source=g)
Detroit, MI: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 10:30 AM
Northwest Activities Center 18100 Meyers Rd Detroit, MI 48235 (https://maps.google.com/?q=18100+Meyers+Rd+Detroit,+MI+48235&entry=gmail&source=g)
Washington, DC: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 10:00 AM
Freedom Plaza 14th St and Pennsylvania Ave Washington, DC 20004
New York, NY: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 11:00 AM
Foley Square 111 Worth Street New York, NY 10013 (https://maps.google.com/?q=111+Worth+Street+New+York,+NY+10013&entry=gmail&source=g)
For other locations or updates go to http://www.itsaboutfreedom.org/