The Labor Rights, Immigrant Rights, Jobs for All Coalition, organized by labor unions, religious organizations and immigrant rights organizations, will rally in Foley Square.
In Union Square, the May 1st Coalition for Worker and Immigrant Rights, made up of community organizations, immigrant groups and labor organizations will assemble for a rally and then march to Foley Square.
Leaders of both groups are expected to address the crowd and end the day together on the Foley Square stage.
The organizers invite people of good will to join them in denouncing the ongoing attacks on labor, collective bargaining, wages, benefits and the right to organize.
In New York City, in the country's most unionized state, immigrant workers are forced to do dangerous jobs, to accept less than minimum wage, get no overtime pay, no sick days, no holidays, and no benefits.
Foley Square, the scene of historic battles by African and Irish workers to break out of indentured servitude and slavery, and Union Square, a place where workers joined together to resist oppressive labor practices, need once again to become a rallying place for American workers called upon to take a leadership role in the struggle for workers rights.
For more information, visit the website: http://www.may1.info.
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