{"id":43561,"date":"2025-08-30T12:54:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T19:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=43561"},"modified":"2025-08-30T12:54:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T19:54:33","slug":"nearly-1000-workers-over-billionaires-protests-planned-across-us-for-labor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/30\/nearly-1000-workers-over-billionaires-protests-planned-across-us-for-labor-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 1,000 ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ Protests Planned Across US for Labor Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Thousands of labor union members and activists march in Philadelphia for May Day, on May 1, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo by the Philadelphia Democratic Socialists of America)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This is about workers showing up and demanding what workers deserve all across the country,” said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Aug 29, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unions and progressive organizations are planning nearly 1,000 “Workers Over Billionaires” demonstrations across the United States this Labor Day to protest President Donald Trump’s assault on workers’ rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day of national action has been organized by the May Day Strong coalition<\/a>, which includes labor organizations like the AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers, and National Union of Healthcare Workers, as well as advocacy groups like Americans for Tax Fairness, Indivisible, Our Revolution, and Public Citizen<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Labor and community are planning more than a barbecue on Labor Day this year because we have to stop the billionaire takeover,” the coalition says. “Billionaires are stealing from working families, destroying our democracy, and building private armies to attack our towns and cities.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since coming into office, the Trump administration has waged war on workers’ rights. Among many other actions<\/a>, his administration has stripped over a million federal workers of their right to collectively bargain in what has been called the largest act of union busting in American history and dramatically cut their wages<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has also weakened<\/a> workplace safety enforcement, eliminated rules that protected workers against wage theft, and proposed eliminating the federal minimum wage for more than 3.7 million childcare and home workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite Trump’s efforts, Americans still believe<\/a> in the power of collective action. According to a Gallup poll<\/a> published Thursday, 68% of Americans say they approve of labor unions, the highest level of support since the mid-1960s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Just like any bad boss, the way we stop the takeover is with collective action,” the coalition says on its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The May Day Strong coalition previously organized<\/a> hundreds of thousands of workers to take to the streets for International Workers Day, more commonly known as “May Day.” On Monday, rallies are once again expected<\/a> across all 50 states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four months later, their list of grievances has grown even longer, with Republicans having since passed a tax cut expected to facilitate perhaps the\u00a0largest upward transfer of wealth<\/a>\u00a0in US history, featuring massive tax breaks for the wealthy paid for with historic cuts to the social safety net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This Labor Day, I urge you to join a Workers Over Billionaires protest.

We must continue standing together to show Trump that we, the people, have the power \u2013 not his billionaire buddies and corporate cronies. https:\/\/t.co\/udS0mGgNxr<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/MfjfWnaBBL<\/a><\/p>— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>