Discover more local reporting on our homepage <\/a><\/p>\nFriday\u2019s demonstration marked the 140th year of May Day, also known as International Workers\u2019 Day, which highlights workers\u2019 rights around the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is important that we are here to represent all the immigrant families. Working families, they are right now working to make sure that the city continues moving and I think they deserve better [from] our society,\u201d said Javier Ramirez of Cabrini Immigrant Services.<\/p>\n
Organizers said the rally recognizes the essential role immigrant and non-immigrant workers play in New York, while also spotlighting the risks they continue to face \u2014 including enforcement actions, unsafe working conditions, and gaps in labor protections. They add that a strong labor movement also means standing against workplace abuses, including deportations.<\/p>\n
\u201cLabor and immigrant rights are intertwined,\u201d said one organizer at the rally. \u201cRight now, across this country, immigrant workers are under attack. People are being taken from their homes, from their jobs, and from their families, and we need to name it for what it is. This is not safety. This is terror.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mayor Zohran Mamdani also addressed the crowd.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no New York City without unions,\u201d said Mamdani. \u201cA union town that is union strong.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cUnion strong is more than just a slogan. It is a practice of solidarity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following the rally, demonstrators marched through the streets of Manhattan to Foley Square, standing united against all attacks on immigrants and workers.<\/p>\n
Organizers are now calling on state lawmakers to pass the New York for All Act \u2014 legislation that would limit cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.<\/p>\n
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