Workers participate in a May Day rally in New York City. Amazon workers recently unionized a facility in Staten Island, emboldening other workers to push for their companies to unionize.
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Workers participate in a May Day rally in New York City. Amazon workers recently unionized a facility in Staten Island, emboldening other workers to push for their companies to unionize.
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Demonstrators across the globe seized May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, as a moment to celebrate working-class contributions as they rallied for better labor rights, immigration overhauls, and other causes around social and economic equality.
New York City
Crowds of activists marched through lower Manhattan to demand worker protections and immigration overhauls on Sunday.
Local chapters of labor organizations affiliated with the AFL-CIO held a “United Against Union Busting” march and rally that kicked off at Union Square. Stopping points on the march’s route included a Starbucks Roastery, a Whole Foods and a penthouse owned by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz.
The event comes as workers at Starbucks and Amazon (which owns Whole Foods) drive a nationwide push to unionize. Those efforts that have been met with pushback from corporations working to break up the formation of unions.
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