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Unions endorse May Day march for immigrant and worker rights
30 April 2012
| MINNEAPOLIS - Tuesday, May 1 is International Workers’ Day, a national holiday in more than 80 countries. Activities in Minnesota include a march in Minneapolis. |
The day commemorates the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago when, during a general strike for the 8-hour day, police fired on a crowd of workers.
In Minneapolis, May Day will be observed with the annual May 1st March for Immigrants and Workers Rights organized by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee.
The march will begin at 3:30 p.m. at the corner of E. Lake Street and Nicollet Ave. The march will proceed east on Lake Street and end in Powderhorn Park for a rally with music, poets and speakers.
Union endorsers of the march include: AFSCME Local 34, AFSCME Local 3800, AFSCME Council 5, Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, Minnesota Nurses Association, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota, SEIU Local 26, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1189 and United Transportation Union Minnesota. |
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