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Live Twitter Coverage of May Day Workers’ and Immigrants Rights Rallies | AFL-CIO NOW BLOG

Live Twitter Coverage of May Day Workers’ and Immigrants Rights Rallies | AFL-CIO NOW BLOG

Live Twitter Coverage of May Day Workers’ and Immigrants Rights Rallies

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Declaring “Somos Unos—Respeten Nuestros Derechos” or “We Are One—Respect Our Rights,” working people across the country this May Day are rallying to oppose attacks on workers’ rights and immigrant rights.

Follow the action here with our live Twitter feed and make sure your event is covered by tweeting from your action using the hashtag #MayDay.

Some 60,000 workers are coming together in Milwaukee, while hundreds of thousands more are gathering for marches and rallies in New York, Chicago, Houston, Boston and dozens of other cities and towns.

These rallies and marches are telling the world that workers’ rights and immigrant rightsare connected. CEO-backed politicians are targeting all working people—including immigrants—with their corporate-sponsored political agenda and continuing power grab.

Check back here often for the latest.