Some people in San Francisco are spending Labor Day calling for better wages and decrying what they say is “rising authoritarianism” in the United States.
The rally at the federal courthouse is part of a renewed push to embrace the city’s activist Labor Day traditions, which date back to the 19th century.
But Monday morning’s rally is unlike the old Market Street union parades and Labor Day picnics that were holiday traditions for decades.
Instead, the rally is more reminiscent of San Francisco’s earliest labor demonstrations, which date back to the late 1860s — more than two decades before Labor Day became a federal holiday.
NBC Bay Area’s Thom Jensen has the full report in the video above.