Huge turnouts expected for Feb. 24 Working People's Day of Action
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 the 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
Chicago, IL: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 12:00 PM
Daley Plaza
50 W Washington St
Chicago, IL 60602
Phoenix, AZ: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 10:00 AM
Cesar Chavez Plaza
201 W Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85003
Houston, TX: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 1:00 PM
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
500 Clay St.
Houston, TX 77002
Miami, FL: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 10:30 AM
Bayfront Park
301 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, FL 33132
Orlando, FL: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 11:30 AM
Orange County CTA
1020 Webster St.
Orlando, FL 32804
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
Detroit, MI: Working People's Day of Action
February 24, 2018 • 10:30 AM
Northwest Activities Center
18100 Meyers Rd
Detroit, MI 48235
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
For other locations or updates go to http://www.itsaboutfreedom.org/