President Donald Trump’s policies are triggering demonstrations in several American Labor Day cities
Chicago – The demonstrators went down to the streets of several American Labor Day cities to criticize President Donald Trump and demand a decent salary for workers.
Demonstrations in Chicago and New York were organized by a fair salary to draw attention to the difficulties that workers face in the United States, where the federal minimum wage is $ 7.25 per hour. The songs of “Trump must go now!” Echoing outside the president’s former house in New York, while the demonstrators gathered in front of another Trump tower in Chicago, shouting “no national guard” and “lock him up!” Large crowds have also gathered in Washington DC and San Francisco.
In New York, people gathered outside Trump Tower, who has become a magnet for demonstrations and remains a leading symbol of the president’s wealth, even if the president has not lived in Manhattan’s skyscraper for years. The demonstrators agitated panels and banners calling for the end of what they said to be a fascist diet.
In Washington, a large crowd gathered with signs saying “Stop the invasion of ice” and a painted umbrella with “DC without free thugs. Hundreds of others gathered during demonstrations along the west coast to fight for the rights of immigrants and workers.
Several groups met during the demonstrations of Chicago to listen to speeches and give their voice to the songs.
“We are here because we are attacked. We are here because our fundamental values and our democracy are attacked. We are here because they threaten to send the military to our streets,” said Daniel Biss, the mayor of Evanston, Illinois, to the crowd of Chicago by urging them to defend the workers.
At one point, a woman left a vehicle with Iowa plates in Chicago to shout “Donald Trump” repeatedly, causing a brief confrontation while the demonstrators responded with their own cries until the woman left a few minutes later.
In the crowd, Ziri Marquez said she was out because she was concerned about the problems overlapping in the United States and the world, denouncing anti-migrant attitudes in the United States and the death of Palestinians in Gaza.
“I think that above all, you know, when we are dealing with low wages and we are dealing with a stagnant economy, immigrants are widely used as a scapegoat,” said Marquez, 25.
Along the west coast of San Diego to Seattle, hundreds gathered during gatherings to request a stop on the “billionaire takeover”.
Groups supporting workers and federal unions paraded in Los Angeles; San Francisco; And Portland, Oregon, supporting workers’ rights. The organizer of the Rallye May Day Strong said on his website that “billionaires are flying working families, destroying our democracy and building private armies to attack our cities and cities”.
They called on people to take collective measures to stop control.
The demonstration of Portland, Lynda Oakley of Beaverton, told Oregolive.com that his frustrations concerning health care, immigration and social security have inspired him to join the march.
“I have finished what’s going on in our country,” she said.
The member of the Council of King County, Teresa Mosqueda, who participated in a demonstration at the Playground cascade in Seattle, Komo News told that they wanted to send a message of workers over the billionaires.
“Workers should be more powerful than the small billionaire class,” she said.
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The writers of the Associated Press, Michael Sisak, contributed to this report in New York and Martha Bellisle contributed from Seattle
