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Jacksonville, FL \u2013 Chants of \u201cWho got the power? We got the power! What kind of power? Workers\u2019 power!\u201d echoed in the streets of downtown Jacksonville, May 1, as Duval County celebrated its largest May Day commemoration yet. With over a dozen organizations and union locals in attendance, the community showed up in solidarity with the workers’ struggle, with immigrants, and all oppressed peoples of the world.<\/p>\n
Attendees reaffirmed the critical work of union organizing and the power of collective action to gain us the rights we have and the rights we’ll continue to fight for. \u201cWhen the beast of imperialism tries to take a bite out of an organized working class, it chokes!\u201d said a member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization.<\/p>\n
People’s movements united under one banner that read \u201cWorkers of the world unite! Fight fight fight!\u201d Other signs read \u201cMoney for workers, not bombs!\u201d and \u201cUnion busting is disgusting!\u201d<\/p>\n
Attendees heard union reps speak from Duval Teachers United, IATSE 115, Starbucks Workers United, IBEW 177, and the North Florida Central Labor Council. Immigrant rights was the highlight of many speeches throughout the program, with connections being made between the movement for legalization for all and workers’ rights, the anti-war movement, and state-sanctioned violence experienced by the people who fight back.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust like the migrants who work alongside us, we have been reduced to nothing but our labor and the profits we produce for the ruling class,\u201d said a member of the Jacksonville Immigrant Rights Alliance.<\/p>\n
The president of the North Florida Central Labor Council said, \u201cWe’re here today on May Day to talk about the successful labor struggles of working people, especially our immigrant brothers and sisters, in Palestine, and everyone. We support them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The programming closed out with everyone singing in unison Solidarity Forever.<\/p>\n
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